Asian-European Relations: Building Blocks for 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 Title Copyright Contents Illustrations Contributors Preface and acknowledgments Abbreviations Part I: Introduction and theoretical issues 1 Interregionalism and interregional cooperation: The case of Asia–Europe relations 2 Regional organizations as actors in international relations: Interregionalism and asymmetric dialogues Part II: Case studies of Asian–European interregional relations involving government actors 3 Governance, Asian–European relations and regional trade agreements 4 Interregional trade and investment between Asia and Europe: An empirical investigation 5 The Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) and its contribution to the political management of globalization 6 Asian–European relations: More security through inter- and transregional relations? 7 EU–Asia human rights policy: Pursuing the path of institutionalism 8 On the potentials of interregional policy cooperation: The case of Europe’s participation in the Asian Development Bank Part III: The non-state dimension of Asia–Europe interregionalism 9 Merger and acquisition between Japanese and European enterprises: How to integrate different institutional regimes 10 Beyond the taboos?: The opportunities and limitations of Asian–European track-two dialogue 11 The democratization of inter- and transregional dialogues: The role of civil society, NGOs and parliaments Part IV: Conclusion 12 Main findings and conclusion: Assessing the surplus value of Asia–Europe interregionalism Index 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