1st Edition

EU–Japan Relations and the Crisis of Multilateralism

By Julie Gilson Copyright 2020
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Presenting the history of relations between the European Union and Japan, this book explains the origins and significance of the momentous 2018 Economic Partnership Agreement and its parallel Strategic Partnership Agreement. Set within the historical context of the 1991 Hague Declaration and Action Plan of 2001, this book analyses the impact of recent background changes to the liberal... Read more

1. Introduction to contemporary Japan-European Union (EU) relations 

2. Global Context for EU-Japan relations 

3. Japan and the EU as International Actors 

4. A Steady Path to Cooperation 

5. The Road to an Economic Partnership Agreement 

6. Building a Strategic Partnership 

7. A crisis of multilateralism?

Biography

Julie Gilson is Reader in Asian Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her publications include Japan and the European Union (2000), Asia Meets Europe (2002), and Japan’s International Relations (2011, co-authored).