The European Union and Asia: What Is There to Learn?

by Verdun, Amy

• ISBN13: 9781604565362
• ISBN10: 1604565365
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Fifty years after the signing of the Treaties of Rome, the European Union (EU) stands at a crossroads. It has all but completed its single market, has enlarged to twenty-seven member states, has introduced a single currency, is making progress on a common foreign and defence policy, has flirted with the adoption of a constitution and more. The European Community of six member states that at first merely collaborated on coal and steel, atomic energy and that created a customs union in the 1950s and 1960s, has progressed beyond belief so as to achieve these remarkable successes.The origins of the EU can be traced back to belligerent parties that decided it was best to leave their militaristic past behind and concentrate on creating something more positive and constructive. France and Germany had gone to war three times in a hundred years and felt the need to leave the past behind. It was clear that it was not only the decisions of the governments of France and Germany that made this new pacifism in Western Europe possible. Other countries played an important role as well.

Table of Contents

Preface

'The European Union and Asia: What Is There to Learn?'

Comparing Processes of Regional Integration: European 'Lessons' and Northeast Asian Reflections

Franco-German Reconciliation and Its Impact on China and Japan: Scholarly Debate

What Role for the European Union in Asia? An Analysis of the EU's Asia Strategy and the Growing Significance of EU-China Relations

Riding the Asian Tiger? How the EU Engaged China Since the End of the Cold War

'Expectations Deficit' in EU-Japan Relations: Why the Relationship Cannot Flourish

Trading Security in Alliances: Japanese and German Security Policy in the New Millennium

Towards a Common European Policy on China? Economic, Diplomatic and Human Rights Trends Since 1985

Public Participation, Deliberation, and Regional Identification: European Constitutional Process in Comparative Perspectives

Human Rights, Democracy and Federalism -- Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Securing Stability in the European Union and the People's Identity Change and the Emergence of Regionalism

Index

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