1st Edition

Multiregionalism and Multilateralism Asian-European Relations in a Global Context

Edited By Sebastian Bersick, Paul van der Velde, Wim Stokhof Copyright 2006
192 Pages
by Routledge

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM, est. 1996) is an interregional forum which consists of the members of the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China, Japan and South Korea. The main components of the ASEM process include political dialogue, economy, education and culture. Multiregionalism and Multilateralism focuses on the institutionalsiation of intra-regional and... Read more
1 Multiregionalism and Multilateralism: Asian-European Relations in a Global Context, 2 East Asia: The Missing Link in Multiregionalism, 3 ASEM and EU-style Economic Integration in East Asia, 4 India’s New Quest for Intra- and Inter-regional Politics, 5 Enhancing South-East Asia’s Security: The Aceh Monitoring Mission, 6 ASEM and the Expanding China-European Union Relationship, 7 China and Latin America: The Economic Dimension 8 Beyond ASEM 6: Lessons for the Actors, 9 Ten Years of ASEM – Changes and Challenges, 10 The Perception of ASEM in China, Abbreviations, References, Contributors

Biography

Sebastian Bersick is associate professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA) at Fudan University, Shanghai. At SIRPA he is the executive director of the Centre for China-EU Relations. He is also an associate fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. Paul van der Velde works at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS, Leiden/Amsterdam). He served as Secretary of the International Convention of Asia Scholars for many years. He is Secretary of the ICAS Book Prize and General Editor of the IIAS and ICAS Book Series published by Amsterdam University Press. He is co-editor with Sebastian Bersick and Wim Stokhof of Multiregionalsim and Multilateralism. Asian-European Relations in a Global Context (Amsterdam: AUP 2006). His most recent publication is Life under the Palms: The Sublime World of Jacob Haafner, 1754-1809 (NUS: Singapore) 2020. Prof. Dr Wim Stokhof is Secretary General van de International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS).