The Role of the European Union in Asia: China and India as Strategic Partners (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754677901)

Establishing strategic partnerships is a key objective for the European Union. These partnerships provide frameworks for flexible and long-term cooperation with global and regional players. This book focuses on the EU's strategy toward China and India and explores ways of promoting a stronger and more versatile role for the EU in Asia. The volume examines the emergence of China and India as global powers and the implications for the EU's common policies and strategies. It focuses on the role of the EU within Asia in terms of its political, security-related and cultural impact in addition to economic presence, and it explores the interplay of the EU, China and India in global governance and in utilizing and promoting multilateralism, especially in the context of climate change and energy security. The contributors discuss avenues for the EU to pursue its interests in Asia and to achieve its objectives in global governance and multilateralism through partnerships with China and India, while retaining its special relationship with the United States.

Author: Juha Jokela
ISBN-10: 0754677907
ISBN-13: 9780754677901
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2009
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d