The Role of the European Union in Asia

China and India as Strategic Partners

Juha Jokela, Bart Gaens

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780754677901
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317017165
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Geopolitics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Graphs and Charts
• List of Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 The EU–India–China Strategic Partnership and the Impact of Regional Constructs
• 2 The European Union as an International Actor: Europeanization and Institutional Changes in the Light of the EU’s Asia Policies
• 3 The Development of the EU’s Asia Strategy with Special Reference to China and India: Driving Forces and New Directions
• 4 EU–India Relations: An Expanded Interpretive Framework
• 5 Thinking Clearly on Political Strategy: The Formulation of a Common EU Policy Toward China
• 6 Sino-European Relations: From the Height to the Width
• 7 China’s Evolving Approach to Multilateralism and Global Governance: Implications for the European Union
• 8 Scrutinizing China’s Quest for Energy Security Abroad
• 9 Engaging the European Superpower: India and the European Union
• 10 The Ambiguities in the China–India Relationship
• Conclusions and the Way Forward
• Bibliography
• Index