Perspectives For A European Security Strategy Towards Asia

Author : Gustaaf Geeraerts
Publisher : ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789054877769

Get Book

Perspectives for a European Security Strategy Towards Asia by Gustaaf Geeraerts Pdf

As the geopolitical point of gravity moves to the east, the European Union (EU) faces the challenge of ongoing global power shifts, and this study addresses the options, opportunities, and obstacles that lie ahead as the EU becomes a security actor in Asia and Africa. Contributors address a number of key issues, including the EU’s soft power, overall strategic planning, European interests in Asia, and the role of Russia in Asia’s security climate.

Author : Rahul Mishra,Azirah Hashim,Anthony Milner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000381948

Get Book

Asia and Europe in the 21st Century by Rahul Mishra,Azirah Hashim,Anthony Milner Pdf

How are the rising mutual concerns of Asian and European countries shaping their approaches to the international order? Contributors to this volume discuss emerging critical issues in International relations, including the Indo-Pacific constructs, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the progress of established regional security mechanisms like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. They also compare western and non-western approaches to these issues, with a holistic perspective on the origins and evolutions of these approaches. Both the Indo-Pacific constructs and BRI present a remarkable set of opportunities for Europe as well as Asia. This book presents key implications of the changing politico-security dynamics in the two regions from the perspectives of both Asian and European scholars and theoretical traditions. A must-read for scholars of International Relations with a focus on relations between Asia and Europe.

Author : Weiqing Song,Jianwei Wang
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781526131874

Get Book

The European Union in the Asia-Pacific by Weiqing Song,Jianwei Wang Pdf

Since the mid-1990s, the European Union has defined the Asia Pacific as one of its key strategic targets on its ambitious road towards a global power. Over the past decades, big changes have taken place on both sides and the wider world. It’s high time to evaluate the EU’s performance in its Asian policy. In fact, the EU is at crossroads with its Asia Pacific policy. On several aspects, the EU is compelled to redefine its interests and roles, and rethink its strategies and policies towards the dynamic and ever important Asia Pacific region. This volume addresses this theme, by elaborating the general context, major issues and countries in the EU’s Asia Pacific policy. It covers issue areas of traditional security, economy and trade, public diplomacy, and human security and focuses on the EU’s relations with China, Japan, the ASEAN countries, and Australasia.

Author : Yu-ming Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Asia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112492306

Get Book

European and Asia-Pacific Integration by Yu-ming Shaw Pdf

Author : Jo Inge Bekkevold,Ian Bowers,Michael Raska
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317565345

Get Book

Security, Strategy and Military Change in the 21st Century by Jo Inge Bekkevold,Ian Bowers,Michael Raska Pdf

This edited volume explores and analyses strategic thinking, military reform and adaptation in an era of Asian growth, European austerity and US rebalancing. A significant shift in policy, strategy and military affairs is underway in both Asia and Europe, with the former gaining increasing prominence in the domain of global security. At the same time, the world’s powers are now faced with an array of diverse challenges. The resurgence of great power politics in both Europe and Asia, along with the long term threats of terrorism, piracy and sustained geopolitical instability has placed great strain on militaries and security institutions operating with constrained budgets and wary public support. The volume covers a wide range of case studies, including the transformation of China’s military in the 21st century, the internal and external challenges facing India, Russia’s military modernization program and the USA’s reassessment of its strategic interests. In doing so, the book provides the reader with the opportunity to conceptualize how strategic thinking, military reform, operational adaptation and technological integration have interacted with the challenges outlined above. With contributions by leading scholars and practitioners from Europe and Asia, this book provides a valuable contribution to the understanding of strategic and operational thinking and adjustment across the world. This book will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, security studies, defence studies, Asian politics, Russian politics, US foreign policy and IR in general.

Author : Thomas Christiansen,Emil Kirchner,See Seng Tan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030699666

Get Book

The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners by Thomas Christiansen,Emil Kirchner,See Seng Tan Pdf

This wide-ranging book analyses EU-Asia security relations in a systematic, substantive and comparative manner. The contributions assess similarities and differences between the EU and its Asian partners with respect to levels of threat perception, policy response and security cooperation in the context of historical, institutional and external factors – such as the influence of the United States. The book presents original empirical research organised in four parts: a number of contributions providing discussions of the global context in which EU-Asia security relations develop; a series of chapters covering the range of dimensions of EU-Asian security, including both traditional and non-military aspects of security; chapters addressing the specific issues touching on bilateral relations between the EU and its partners in the Asia-Pacific region; and a final part presenting the overall findings across the various contributions together with the future outlook for EU-Asia security relations.

Author : National Intelligence Council
Publisher : Cosimo Reports
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1646794974

Get Book

Global Trends 2040 by National Intelligence Council Pdf

"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Author : Kurt Kurt Werner Radtke,Raymond Feddema
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9004112022

Get Book

Comprehensive Security in Asia by Kurt Kurt Werner Radtke,Raymond Feddema Pdf

The term comprehensive security goes beyond simplifications such as us and them; it accounts for all aspects vital to national stability; food, energy, environment, communication and social security. Confidence building methods, preventive diplomacy, energy security, second order cybernetics, transparancy of financial markets are all means to enhance overall stability. Comprehensive Security has become a concept particularly suited for a continent with many powerful countries. An important contribution to one of the key issues of contemporary (Asian) politics.

Author : G. Voloshin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137443946

Get Book

The European Union’s Normative Power in Central Asia by G. Voloshin Pdf

The normative power of the European Union has historically been a key element of its foreign policy. This study considers the EU's Central Asia policy, questioning whether the EU's normative power can work in this remote region.

Author : Robert G. Patman,Patrick Köllner,Balazs Kiglics
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811670077

Get Book

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific by Robert G. Patman,Patrick Köllner,Balazs Kiglics Pdf

This book brings together a unique team of academics and practitioners to analyse interests, institutions, and issues affecting and affected by the transition from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the world’s economic and strategic centre of gravity, in which established and rising powers compete with each other. As a strategic space, the Indo-Pacific reflects the rise of geo-political and geo-economic designs and dynamics which have come to shape the region in the early twenty-first century. These new dynamics contrast with the (neo-)liberal ideas and the seemingly increasing globalisation for which the once dominant ‘Asia-Pacific’ regional label stood.

Author : Houlden, Gordon,Romaniuk, Scott
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529213478

Get Book

Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea by Houlden, Gordon,Romaniuk, Scott Pdf

This volume brings together international experts to provide fresh perspectives on geopolitical concerns in the South China Sea. The book considers the interests and security strategies of each of the nations with a claim to ownership and jurisdiction in the Sea. Examining contexts including the region’s natural resources and China’s behaviour, the book also assesses the motivations and approaches of other states in Asia and further afield. This is an accessible, even-handed and comprehensive examination of current and future rivalries and challenges in one of the most strategically important and militarized maritime regions of the world.

Author : Donovan C. Chau,Thomas M. Kane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 835 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216060130

Get Book

China and International Security by Donovan C. Chau,Thomas M. Kane Pdf

The first work of its kind, this strategic assessment of China's national security reveals the nation's intentions, capabilities, and threats—and their implications for the United States and the world. As China continues to develop the strategic means to advance its national interests in Asia and around the world, assessing its role in international security is the greatest strategic challenge now faced by the United States and its allies. China and International Security facilitates this critically important understanding, analyzing topics that range from strategic geography and orientation to gender ratios. Using detailed case studies and sharing expert insights, the work provides historical, internal, and contemporary analyses that reveal the nature and character of China's national security. This three-volume set is written for scholars, students, and policymakers. The volumes offer in-depth articles penned by intelligence professionals and journalists, as well as entries by scholars in fields as diverse as international politics, history, and strategic studies. While other works may attempt to predict the future of China's rise or the nature of China's future bilateral relationships, none so thoroughly examines the totality of China's domestic, regional, and international security—and their implications.

Author : Sven Biscop,Richard G. Whitman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415588287

Get Book

The Routledge Handbook of European Security by Sven Biscop,Richard G. Whitman Pdf

This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. While the focus is on the politico-military dimension, security will be put in the context of the holistic approach advocated by the EU.

Author : Knud Erik Jorgensen,Aasne Kalland Aarstad,Edith Drieskens,Katie Laatikainen,Ben Tonra
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781473914438

Get Book

The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy by Knud Erik Jorgensen,Aasne Kalland Aarstad,Edith Drieskens,Katie Laatikainen,Ben Tonra Pdf

During the last two decades the study of European foreign policy has experienced remarkable growth, presumably reflecting a more significant international role of the European Union. The Union has significantly expanded its policy portfolio and though empty symbolic politics still exists, the Union’s international relations have become more substantial and its foreign policy more focused. European foreign policy has become a dynamic policy area, being adapted to changing challenges and environments, such as the Arab Spring, new emerging economies/powers; the crisis of multilateralism and much more. The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy, Two-Volume set, is a major reference work for Foreign Policy Programmes around the world. The Handbook is designed to be accessible to graduate and postgraduate students in a wide variety of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. Both volumes are structured to address areas of critical concern to scholars at the cutting edge of all major dimensions of foreign policy. The volumes are composed of original chapters written specifically to the following themes: · Research traditions and historical experience · Theoretical perspectives · EU actors · State actors · Societal actors · The politics of European foreign policy · Bilateral relations · Relations with multilateral institutions · Individual policies · Transnational challenges The Handbook will be an essential reference for both advanced students and scholars.

Author : Thomas G Mahnken,Dan Blumenthal
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804792820

Get Book

Strategy in Asia by Thomas G Mahnken,Dan Blumenthal Pdf

“Helps to articulate those pressing strategic questions necessary in formulating―and executing―American strategy in this critical part of the world.” ―Military Review Some of the United States’ greatest challenges over the coming decades are likely to emanate from the Asia-Pacific region, with China’s and India’s rise and the persistence of militant Islam in parts of South and Central Asia, and the threat of nuclear proliferation continuing in fits and starts. If America is to meet these challenges comprehensively, strategists will have to learn more about Asia, and Asian scholars, policymakers, and analysts will need to understand better the enduring and timeless principles of strategy. Based on the premise therefore that the increasing strategic weight of the Asia-Pacific region warrants greater attention from both scholars and practitioners alike, Strategy in Asia: The Past, Present, and Future of Regional Security aims to marry the fields of strategic studies and Asian studies in order to help academics and practitioners to begin addressing these challenges. The book uses the lenses of geography, culture, and economics to examine in depth the strategic context that Asia presents to the major nations of the region—including the U.S. as a Pacific nation—and the strategic scenarios that may well play out in the region in the future. Specific attention is paid to Asia as a warfighting environment, and to the warfighting traditions and current postures of the major nations. “Opens windows into the key lenses of strategic studies namely, history, geography and politics, and secondarily, culture and economics.” —Asian Politics and Policy