The Palgrave Handbook of EU-Asia Relations

1. Introduction
Thomas Christiansen, Emil Kirchner, Philomena Murray

Section 1. Conceptualising and Contextualising EU-Asia Relations

2. The Historical Relations of Europe and East Asia — From Partnership to Post-colonialism
Stefan Kirchner

3. The Evolution of EU-Asia Relations: 2001–2011
Fraser Cameron

4. Prospects for Multipolarity and Multilateralism in World Politics
Knud Erik Jørgensen

5. Images of European Integration in Asia
Natalia Chaban, Martin Holland, Serena Kelly, Suet-yi Lai

6. The Role of ‘Strategic Partnerships’ in the EU’s Relations with Asia
Michael Reiterer

Section 2. The Comparative Dimension of EU-Asia Relations

7. Regionalism and EU-Asia Relations: Patterns, Trends and Determinants
Douglas Webber

8. Europe-Asia Studies: The Contribution of Comparative Regional Integration
Philomena Murray, Alex Warleigh-Lack

9. European and Asian Responses to the Global Financial Crisis — And its Precedent
Paul Gillespie

10. Dealing with Terrorism, Corruption and Organised Crime: The EU and Asia
Leslie Holmes

Section 3. The Political Dimension of EU-Asia Relations

11. EU-China Relations on Human Rights in Competing Paradigms: Continuity and Change
Wenwen Shen

12. The Securitisation of EU-Asia Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
Nicola Casarini

13. Sanctions and Embargoes in EU-Asia Relations
Clara Portela, Pascal Vennesson

14. Socio-cultural and Educational Cooperation between the EU and Asia
Georg Wiessala

15. Regional Integration Support by the EU in Asia: Aims and Prospects
Anja Jetschke

Section 4. The Economic Dimension of EU-Asia Relations

16. EU-Asia Trade Relations
Hiromasa Kubo

17. Market Access and Trade Facilitation
Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan

18. International Banking, Asia and Europe
Cillian Ryan

19. Coordinating Regional Financial Arrangements with the IMF: Challenges to Asia and Lessons from the EU
Takuji Kinkyo

Section 5. The Institutional Dimension of EU-Asia Relations

20. The Institutional Dimension of EU-ASEAN/ASEAN Plus Three Inter-regional Relations
Maria-Gabriela Manea

21. The Asia-Europe Meeting
Lay Hwee Yeo

22. The ASEAN Regional Forum and the EU’s Role in Promoting Security in the Asia-Pacific
Katja Weber

23. Strategic Bilateralism or Effective Multilateralism? The EU, the SCO and SAARC
Thomas Renard

Section 6. The Global Dimension of EU-Asia Relations

24. The EU, Asia and the Governance of Global Trade
Michael Smith

25. The EU and Asia in the United Nations Security Council
Jan Wouters, Matthieu Burnay

26. Nuclear Non-proliferation
Seock-Jun Yoon, Jae-Jung Suh

27. The Security Role of the US in the Asia-Pacific
Roberto Dominguez

28. From Polarisation towards a Consensus on Development? The EU and Asian Approaches to Development and ODA
Uwe Wissenbach, Eun Mee Kim

29. Europe, Asia and Climate Change Governance
Yan Bo, Zhimin Chen

Section 7. China in EU-Asia Relations

30. Security and the Role of China
Xinning Song

31. China in EU-East Asia Economic Relations
Bingran Dai

32. EU-China Relations
Gustaaf Geeraerts

Section 8. Bilateral Relations between the EU and Asia

33. EU-Japan Relations
Toshiro Tanaka

34. The EU and the Two Koreas — One Strategic Partner, One Strategic Liability
Uwe Wissenbach

35. EU-Taiwan Relationship since 1981
Hungdah Su

36. EU-Indonesia Relations: No Expectations-Capability Gap?
David Camroux, Annisa Srikandini

37. The EU and India: Strategic Partners but Not a Strategic Partnership
David Allen

38. EU-Pakistan Relations: The Challenge of Dealing with a Fragile State
Shada Islam

39. EU-Australia Relations
Andrea Benvenuti, Philomena Murray

40. Conclusion
Thomas Christiansen, Emil Kirchner, Philomena Murray

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Asian Culture, European Union Politics, Comparative Politics, Asian Politics, Political Science