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Understanding the EU’s Norm and Policy Diffusion in ASEAN through Trade and Security Cooperation Normative or Normal Power?

By Xuechen Chen Copyright 2024
188 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the European Union’s (EU’s) norm and policy diffusion in relation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). By looking at the EU’ engagement with ASEAN in trade and non-traditional security, the book analyzes the drivers, processes, and effectiveness of the EU’s norm and policy diffusion in ASEAN and explains the EU’s foreign policy and power projection in the... Read more

1. Introduction  

2. Analytical framework: Reconceptualizing the EU’s normative power through diffusion theory  

3. Evolution of EU–ASEAN relationship and the EU’s changing foreign policy towards ASEAN  

4. Norm and policy diffusion in EU–ASEAN economic and trade cooperation  

5. Norm and policy diffusion in EU–ASEAN security cooperation  

6. The EU as a partial normative power: Cross-case comparison  

7. Conclusion

Biography

Xuechen Chen is Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations, Northeastern University London, London, UK.