Asia and Europe: The Development and Different Dimensions of ASEM (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)

This book provides a systematic and thorough examination of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process which brings together the fifteen EU member states, the European Commission and ten East and Southeast Asian countries. The author not only traces the actual development of the ASEM process, but also contextualises ASEM within three different international relations theoretical frameworks, as viewed by realists, social constructivists and institutionalists. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Foreword......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 11 List of abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction: the three images of ASEM......Page 16 Ideas and forces behind the conception of ASEM......Page 21 From Bangkok to Copenhagen......Page 43 ASEM as an instrument for diplomacy......Page 79 ASEM as an instrument for regional integration......Page 108 ASEM as an instrument for regime creation......Page 138 From rhetoric to reality......Page 170 Conclusion: the three scenarios for ASEM......Page 197 Notes......Page 206 Bibliography......Page 221 Index......Page 239