Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai - Developing EU-Japan relations in a changing regional context a focus on security, law and policies

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Developing EUJapan Relations in a Changing Regional Context

Relations between the European Union (EU) and East Asia have consistently expanded in recent years, particularly between the EU and Japan. Against the background of negotiations about an economic and strategic partnership agreement, the EUJapan relationship is set to become the single most comprehensive region-to-state relationship the world has known today, accounting for more than a third of world gross domestic product (GDP) and a combined population of more than 600 million people.

This book addresses the potential role of the EU, in cooperation with Japan, to craft a stable and prosperous mode of governance in the Asian region. In todays globalized world, seemingly defined by waxing Chinese power and waning American power, the book reflects the lack of appreciation for an EUJapan concert in maintaining and developing multilateral principles. It aims towards fortifying this relationship by acknowledging that in order to enhance the credibility and capabilities of such an alliance, it is necessary to take stock of where the partnership stands today, what kind of obstacles still need to be overcome and which options have been left untouched.

By introducing state-of-the-art empirical research in multiple fields, this book will be of key interest to students and scholars of international relations, comparative regionalism, the EU and Japanese politics.

Dimitri Vanoverbeke is a Professor in Japanese Studies and Director of the Department of Area Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the Executive Director of the Double Degree EUJapan Multidisciplinary Masters program and is frequently a guest professor at the University of Lyon III (Jean Moulin) and at several Japanese universities.

Takao Suami is Professor of Law at Waseda University Law School, Japan, and served as the President of the Japanese Association of EU Studies. He is also responsible for the Tokyo Module in the Masters program at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Takako Ueta is Professor at the International Christian University, Japan. She has worked for the Embassy of Japan to Belgium, been a special advisor on NATO and European security, and was Ambassador, Deputy Chief of the Mission of Japan to the EU.

Nicholas Peeters is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Political Science at Waseda University, Japan.

Frederik Ponjaert is Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute for European Studies at Universit libre de Bruxelles and KU Leuven, Belgium, and Associate Lecturer in Comparative Regionalism at Sciences Po, Paris. He is also Scientific Coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus GEM PhD School.

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Developing EUJapan Relations in a Changing Regional Context
A Focus on Security, Law and Policies
Edited by Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Takao Suami, Takako Ueta, Nicholas Peeters and Frederik Ponjaert

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Developing EUJapan
Relations in a Changing
Regional Context

A Focus on Security, Law and Policies

Edited by
Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Takao Suami,
Takako Ueta, Nicholas Peeters
and Frederik Ponjaert

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Dr. Ken-ichi Ando is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University, Japan, where he teaches about the global economy and regional economic integration. He has been conducting research on the EUs economy, especially from the viewpoint of foreign direct investment and multinational enterprises. His research publications include Japanese Multinationals in Europe: A Comparison of the Automobile and Pharmaceutical Industries (Edward Elgar, 2005); Regionalisation and Regionalism in Europe from the Perspective of Multinationals, in Tamio Nakamura (ed), East Asian Regionalism from a Legal Perspective: Current Features and a Vision for the Future (Routledge, 2009); Economic Integration from Above and Below with the Evidence of Japanese MNEs in Europe, in M. N. Jovanovi (ed), International Handbook on the Economics of Integration, Vol. III (Edward Elgar, 2011); and Geographic Divergence of Host Economy and Multinational Enterprises,