Asian-European Relations Book

Part 1:Introduction and Theoretical Issues 1. Introduction: Co-Operation and Regional Integration: The Case of Asia-Europe Relations Jürgen Rüland/Cornelia Storz 2. Regional Organisations as Actors in International Relations. Interregionalism and Asymmetric Dialogues Mathew Doidge Part 2: Case Studies of Asian-European Interregional Relations Involving Government Actors 3. Governance, Asian-Europe Relations and Trade Facilitation Doris Fischer 4. Interregional Trade and Investment between Asia and Europe – An Empirical Investigation Hanns G. Hilpert/Klaus-Jochem Kecker 5. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and Its Contribution to the Political Management of Globalisation Howard Loewen/Dirk Nabers 6. Asian-European Relations: More Security through Inter- and Transregional Relations? Frank Umbach 7. EU-Asia Human Rights Policy: Pursuing the Path of Institutionalism Martina Timmermann 8. On the Potentials of Interregional Policy Co-operation – The Case of Europe’s Participation in the Asian Development Bank Werner Pascha Part 3: The Non-State Dimension of Asia-Europe Interregionalism 9. M&A between Japanese and European Enterprises: How to Integrate Different Institutional Regimes Andreas Moerke 10. Beyond the Taboos? The Opportunities and Limitations of Asian-European Track-two Dialogue Katja Freistein 11. The Democratisation of Inter- and Transregional Dialogues: The Role of Civil Society, NGO and Parliaments Sebastian Bersick Part 4: Conclusion 12. Main Findings and Conclusion: Assessing the Surplus Value of Asia-Europe Interregionalism Gunter Schubert