Asia and Europe in the 21st Century : New Anxieties, New Opportunities

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.

List of Tables
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction

Part I : Making Sense of International Relations : Western and Non-Western Approaches
Chapter 1 : Making Sense of International Relations : Western and Non-Western Approaches
Chapter 2 : Making Sense of International Relations : Western, Non-Western and Universal Approaches
Chapter 3 : Making Sense of International Relations : A Japanese Perspective

Part II : European and Asian Security Architecture : Current Developments
Chapter 4 : New threats to the multilateral order : what the ASEAN and the EU do?
Chapter 5 : A Common Security Platform? EU and ASEAN have security concerns but also need to prioritize according to their needs
Chapter 6 : The European Security Architecture : Current Developments
Chapter 7 : The EU’s Strategic Choices for the 2020s

Part III : Emerging Constructs : Belt and Road Initiative and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Chapter 8 : Malaysia’s Embrace of the Belt and Road Initiative and Implications for Regional Geopolitics
Chapter 9 : Europe and the Challenge of The Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 10 : Conceptualising the Belt and Road Initiative : A Southeast Asian Perspective
Chapter 11 : China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Part IV : Emerging Constructs : The Indo-Pacific
Chapter 12 : The Indo-Pacific : An Evolving Regional Construct
Chapter 13 : Europe and the Indo-Pacific concept
Chapter 14 : Indonesia and Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region
Chapter 15 : A Critique of the Indo-Pacific Construct : Geopolitics of Western-Centrism

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