Explores the substance and manner in which the member countries of the EU and their Asian counterparts interact at bilateral, multi-lateral and inter-regional levels.

This volume explores the substance and manner in which the member countries of the EU and their Asian counterparts interact at bilateral, multi-lateral and inter-regional levels.It fills the gap in market for up-to-date text looking at EU-Asia relations. Both EU and Asian regions have increased profiles in terms of international relations and economic power in the past two decades and this edited volume considers how they themselves inter-relate at a number of different levels. It has particular strength in its coverage of 'Greater China' relations with Europe and on the inclusion of India, the new rising giant of Asia and increasingly a focus of European interest.Europe and Asia are two major centres for the development of multi-polar and multi-lateral relations. This volume explores the substance and manner in which the member countries of the EU and their Asian counterparts interact at bilateral, multi-lateral and inter-regional levels.

Introducing Asia, Europe and the Challenges of Globalization
R.Balme &
B.Bridges
PART 1: INTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS IN A GLOBALIZING CONTEXT
Europe-Asia: The Historical Limits of a "Soft" Relationship
F. Godement
EU Foreign Policy and Asia
K.Smith
The Asia Strategy of the European Union and Asia-EU Economic Relations
K.Heung-Chong &
P.Sung-Hoon
EU-ASEAN Relations and Policy-Learning
Y.Lay Hwee
Asian Migrants in Europe: The Need for a Global Perspective
L.Douw
PART 2: PATTERNS OF BILATERALISM
A European Strategy towards China?
R.Balme
China's Strategic Thinking: The Role of the European Union
T.Wai
Taiwan and Europe
C.Tubilewicz
From an Issue-Specific to a Global Partnership: Japan and the EU
H.Machiko
The European Union and the Korean Conundrum
B.Bridges
India-EU Relations: Building a Strategic Partnership
U.Salma Bava.