EU-ASEAN Relations in the 21st Century: Strategic Partnership in the Making (Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy)

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. A world-class range of academics and practitioners explores the long-neglected and relatively unexplored theme of political relations between the EU and ASEAN in an attempt to escape the economic and security-centered approaches, prevalent in contemporary U.S. debate. In doing so they deal with a selection of topics from an inter-disciplinary perspective touching on different domains, such as security, comparative integration, human rights, energy, or the image of the EU. The four main themes examined are: 'ASEAN and the EU Today', '(Inter-)Regionalism in Danger?', 'Shifting Perceptions', and 'Can the EU be a Model for ASEAN?'. Bridging the gap between academics and practitioners, EU and ASEAN, this volume provides a rare forum for views on the nature of and possible future developments of EU-ASEAN relations Front Matter....Pages i-xii Prospects for EU and ASEAN Relations in the 21st Century: Growing Closer Together or Drifting Further Apart?....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 The Context of EU-ASEAN Relations: Trials and Tribulations of Regionalism in Post-Cold War Europe and Asia....Pages 7-25 The EU and Non-Traditional Security in Southeast Asia....Pages 26-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Democratisation and Indonesia’s Changing Perceptions of ASEAN and its Alternatives....Pages 45-61 The EU’s Asia Strategy in Trade and Investment: Externalities, Interdependencies and the Prospects for Coordination with ASEAN....Pages 62-83 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 The EU in Southeast Asian Public Opinion: Public Diplomacy Case....Pages 87-107 Law and Policy: A Useful Model for ASEAN?....Pages 108-123 Energy Security in Southeast Asia: A Role for the EU?....Pages 124-136 Front Matter....Pages 137-137 ASEAN and the EU: Natural Partners....Pages 139-154 Bringing Europe and Southeast Asia Closer Through ASEAN and the EU....Pages 155-165 EU-ASEAN Relations in the 21st Century: In Search for Common Values to Forge a Partnership....Pages 166-178 The EU, ASEAN and the Challenges of the 21st Century: Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 179-192 Back Matter....Pages 193-197 A world-class range of academics and practitioners explores the long-neglected and relatively unexplored theme of political relations between the EU and ASEAN in an attempt to escape the economic and security-centered approaches, prevalent in contemporary U.S. debate. In doing so they deal with a selection of topics from an inter-disciplinary perspective touching on different domains, such as security, comparative integration, human rights, energy, or the image of the EU. The four main themes examined are: 'ASEAN and the EU Today', '(Inter- )Regionalism in Danger?', 'Shifting Perceptions', and 'Can the EU be a Model for ASEAN?'. Bridging the gap between academics and practitioners, EU and ASEAN, this volume provides a rare forum for views on the nature of and possible future developments of EU-ASEAN relations