A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
The EU's Asia: renegotiating boundaries, renegotiating norms INTRODUCTION
Authors: Gaens B, Jokela J, Mattlin M
Publisher: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Publication year: 2012
Journal: Asia Europe Journal
Journal name in source: ASIA EUROPE JOURNAL
Journal acronym: ASIA EUR J
Volume: 10
Issue: 2-3
First page : 91
Last page: 97
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 1610-2932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-012-0328-0
Web address : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10308-012-0328-0
Abstract
The global financial crisis and the shift of economic strength to a rising Asia have ushered in European introspection and allusions to the decline of the European Union (EU). The EU's ambitions to have a normative impact in the world have been called into question. The seven articles in this guest-edited issue explore processes of change relating to geopolitical definitions, regional actorness, interregionalism, and normative power within the framework of EU-Asia relations. This introduction contextualises the themes taken up in the different articles. It considers important divides in the recent history of Europe-Asia relations and outlines key transformations in the global environment, before critically reflecting on the significance of normative power for Europe.
The global financial crisis and the shift of economic strength to a rising Asia have ushered in European introspection and allusions to the decline of the European Union (EU). The EU's ambitions to have a normative impact in the world have been called into question. The seven articles in this guest-edited issue explore processes of change relating to geopolitical definitions, regional actorness, interregionalism, and normative power within the framework of EU-Asia relations. This introduction contextualises the themes taken up in the different articles. It considers important divides in the recent history of Europe-Asia relations and outlines key transformations in the global environment, before critically reflecting on the significance of normative power for Europe.