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  • THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA:WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN?; THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA:WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN?; NOTICE TO THE READER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; COMPARING PROCESSES OF REGIONALINTEGRATION: EUROPEAN 'LESSONS' ANDNORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; I. 'REGIONS' IN THE POLITICALSCIENCE LITERATURE; II. 'LESSONS' TO BE LEARNED AND (CAUTIOUSLY)TRANSFERRED FROM EUROPE5; III. NORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONSON EUROPEAN 'LESSONS'; IV. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONSAND POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS; REFERENCES.
  • FRANCO-GERMAN RECONCILIATION AND ITSIMPACT ON CHINA AND JAPAN:SCHOLARLY DEBATE*ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; COMMUNICATIVE ACTION IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; SCHOLARLY DEBATE ON FRANCO-GERMANRECONCILIATION IN CHINA AND JAPAN; A COMMUNICATIVE PLATFORM BETWEENCHINA AND JAPAN?; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; WHAT ROLE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION INASIA? AN ANALYSIS OF THE EU'S ASIASTRATEGY AND THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCEOF EU-CHINA RELATIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGYIN THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD: THE SIGNIFICANCEOF THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION.
  • THE EVOLUTION OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY:THE EMERGENCE OF A SECURITY DIMENSIONTHE EU'S RESPONSE TO CHINA'S RISE:FROM CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENTTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP; EU-CHINA SPACE AND SATELLITENAVIGATION COOPERATION; THE PROPOSAL TO LIFT; ENMESHING INTO EAST ASIA'S STRATEGIC BALANCE; CONCLUSION:WHAT ROLE FOR THE EU IN ASIA?; REFERENCES; RIDING THE ASIAN TIGER?HOW THE EU ENGAGED CHINA SINCE THEEND OF THE COLD WAR; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Why Is China so Important for the EU as a Global Player?; Aim of the Chapter and Contribution to the Literature.
  • THE THEORETICAL CONSTRUCT OF'BENIGN WILSONIANISM'CHINA AS A CASE STUDY; The Push for Political and Social Reforms; Human Rights; Economic Dimension; CHINA IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF POWERS; Convergence of EU and Chinese Strategic Values and Norms?; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 'EXPECTATIONS DEFICIT' IN EU-JAPANRELATIONS: WHY THE RELATIONSHIPCANNOT FLOURISH; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS EXPECTATIONS DEFICIT?; THE STRUCTURE THAT GENERATES EXPECTATIONSDEFICIT IN EU-JAPAN RELATIONS; 1. Japan's Focus on the US and Asia; 2. Japan's Lack of Understanding andPreference for Bilateral Relations.
  • 3. Europe's Indifference to Japan and Different Principles?4. Complexity and Failures of the EU, and Different Interests?; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; TRADING SECURITY IN ALLIANCES:JAPANESE AND GERMAN SECURITY POLICYIN THE NEW MILLENNIUM; ABSTRACT; 1. A NEW EXPLANATION FOR GERMAN AND JAPANESESECURITY AND ALLIANCE POLICIES; 2. GERMANY AS SECURITY IMPORTER ANDBURDEN-SHARER; 3. JAPANESE SECURITY IMPORT AND TRANSPACIFICBURDEN SHARING; 4. GERMAN SECURITY ANDALLIANCE POLICIES TRANSFORMED; 5. CONTINUITY IN JAPANESE SECURITY-AND ALLIANCE POLICIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.