The EU's Asia: renegotiating boundaries, renegotiating norms INTRODUCTION



: Gaens B, Jokela J, Mattlin M

Publisher: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

: 2012

: Asia Europe Journal

: ASIA EUROPE JOURNAL

: ASIA EUR J

: 10

: 2-3

: 91

: 97

: 7

: 1610-2932

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-012-0328-0

: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10308-012-0328-0


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.



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