Asia-Europe Relations and Global Governance (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series)

Interregional Relations Are A Novel Field Within International Relations Which Have Increasingly Been Attracting Scholarly Interest. Thus, Over The Last Five Years Or So, Interregional Relations Has Firmly Established Itself As A Research Field, Initially Within Political Science, And Gradually In Economics. This Volume Assesses Interregional Relations Between Asia And Europe. It Contributes To The Most Recent Developments In Research By Providing Impressively Rich Studies To Test Existing Theoretical Frameworks. Featured In This Volume Are Conceptual Contributions, In Particular, Theoretically Inspired Studies Which Conduct In-depth Investigation Of A Broad Variety Of Interregional Interactions, Such As The Political Management Of Globalisation Through Interregional Co-operation, Regional Security, Human Rights And Finally, The Dialogue Between Asian And European Ngos. The Economic Contributions Likewise Undertake An Extensive Assessment Of Areas Such As Interregional Trade And Investment Flows, The Asian Development Bank And Interregional Mergers. Applying Established Theories To Concrete Phenomena, Asian-european Relations Provides A Comprehensive Understanding Of Inter-regionalism And How Co-operation Between Asia And Europe Should Be Fashioned In The New Millennium. The Integration Of Political And Economic Research In This Book Will Be Of Interest To Graduates And Researchers In The Fields Of International Relations, International Economics, Regional Integration, And Interregionalism. -- Publisher's Information. Interregionalism And Interregional Cooperation : The Case Of Asia-europe Relations / Jürgen Rüland And Cornelia Storz -- Regional Organizations As Actors In International Relations : Interregionalism And Asymmetric Dialogues / Mathew Doidge -- Governance, Asia-european Relations, And Regional Trade Agreements / Doris Fischer -- Interregional Trade And Investment Between Asia And Europe : An Empirical Investigation / Hanns G. Hilpert And Klaus-jochem Kecker -- The Asia-europe Meeting (asem) And Its Contribution To The Political Management Of Globalization / Howard Loewen And Dirk Nabers -- Asian-european Relations : More Security Through Inter- And Transregional Relations? / Frank Umbach -- Eu-asia Human Rights Policy : Pursuing The Path Of Institutionalism / Martina Timmermann -- On The Potentials Of Interregional Policy Cooperation : The Case Of Europe's Participation In The Asian Development Bank / Werner Pascha -- Merger And Acquisition Between Japanese And European Enterprises : How To Integrate Different Institutional Regimes / Andreas Moerke -- Beyond The Taboos? : The Opportunities And Limitation Of Asian-european Track-two Dialogue / Katja Freistein -- The Democratization Of Inter- And Transregional Dialogues : The Role Of Civil Society, Ngos, And Parliaments / Sebastian Bersick -- Main Findings And Conclusion : Assessing The Surplus Value Of Asia-europe Interregionalism / Gunter Schubert. Edited By Jürgen Rüland ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Illustrations......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 Preface and acknowledgments......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 14 Part I: Introduction and theoretical issues......Page 18 1 Interregionalism and interregional cooperation: The case of Asia–Europe relations......Page 20 2 Regional organizations as actors in international relations: Interregionalism and asymmetric dialogues......Page 49 Part II: Case studies of Asian–European interregional relations involving government actors......Page 72 3 Governance, Asian–European relations and regional trade agreements......Page 74 4 Interregional trade and investment between Asia and Europe: An empirical investigation......Page 90 5 The Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) and its contribution to the political management of globalization......Page 112 6 Asian–European relations: More security through inter- and transregional relations?......Page 131 7 EU–Asia human rights policy: Pursuing the path of institutionalism......Page 160 8 On the potentials of interregional policy cooperation: The case of Europe’s participation in the Asian Development Bank......Page 190 Part III: The non-state dimension of Asia–Europe interregionalism......Page 216 9 Merger and acquisition between Japanese and European enterprises: How to integrate different institutional regimes......Page 218 10 Beyond the taboos?: The opportunities and limitations of Asian–European track-two dialogue......Page 240 11 The democratization of inter- and transregional dialogues: The role of civil society, NGOs and parliaments......Page 261 Part IV: Conclusion......Page 288 12 Main findings and conclusion: Assessing the surplus value of Asia–Europe interregionalism......Page 290 Index......Page 304 Applying established theories to concrete phenomena, Asian-European Relations provides a comprehensive understanding of inter-regionalism and how co-operation between Asia and Europe should be fashioned in the new millennium. It contributes to the most recent developments in research by providing impressively rich studies to test existing theoretical frameworks

Applying established theories to concrete phenomena, Asian-European Relations provides a comprehensive understanding of inter-regionalism and how co-operation between Asia and Europe should be fashioned in the new millennium. It contributes to the