ABSTRACT

This book provides a systematic and thorough examination of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process which brings together the fifteen EU member states, the European Commission and ten East and Southeast Asian countries. The author not only traces the actual development of the ASEM process, but also contextualises ASEM within three different international relations theoretical frameworks, as viewed by realists, social constructivists and institutionalists.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

The three images of ASEM

chapter 2|36 pages

From Bangkok to Copenhagen

chapter 6|27 pages

From rhetoric to reality

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion

The three scenarios for ASEM