EU-ASEAN Relations in the 21st Century Strategic Partnership in the Making [Hardcover]

Escaping the economic and security-centered approaches, prevalent in contemporary U.S. debate the contributors explore political relations between the European Union (EU) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).Their inter-disciplinary perspectives touch on domains such as security, comparative integration, human rights, energy.Introduction: Growing Closer Together or Drifting Further Apart?; D.Novotny  & C.Portela PART I: ASEAN AND THE EU TODAY The Context of EU-ASEAN Relations: Trials and Tribulations of Regionalism in Post-Cold War Europe and Asia; D.Webber The EU and Non-Traditional Security in Southeast Asia; N.Maier-Knapp PART II: (INTER)REGIONALISM IN DANGER? Post-New Order 'Growing Pains': Recent Indonesian Perspectives on ASEAN and its Alternatives; M.Clark  & J.Pietsch EU's Asia Strategy in Trade and Investment: Externalities, Interdependencies and the Prospects for Coordination with ASEAN; D.Treisman PART III: SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS: CAN THE EU BE A MODEL FOR ASEAN? The EU in the South East Asian Public Opinion: Public Diplomacy Case; N.Chaban , L.Suet-yi  & K.Abidat Integration of Human Rights in the European Union: A Useful Model for ASEAN?; Rachminawati  & A.Syngellakis The Energy Charter Treaty and the Problem of Energy Security in Southeast Asia; W.Kucera PART IV: EU-ASEAN: PRACTITIONERS' VIEW ASEAN and the EU: Natural Partners; J.W.Blankert Bringing Europe and Southeast Asia Closer Through ASEAN and the EU; O.Keng Yong EU-ASEAN Relations in the 21st Century: In Search for Common Values to Forge a Partnership; X.Nuttin Conclusions and Recommendations: The EU, ASEAN and the Challenges of the 21st Century; P.Winand

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