- PANEL 4: Regionalism and Comparative Political Economy: Lecture Theatre 2
July 17th 2008: 9.00am -9.45am
'The EU and China as Regional Actors in East Asia: A Comparative Analysis'
Dr Sebastian Bersick (German Institute for International and Security Affairs)
Since the mid 1990s China is increasingly participating in multilateral regional initiatives. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process is an example of this development. Asian and European actors established an institution that engages China in an increasing number of policy fields.
The EU’s approach towards East Asia is driven by the understanding that a new balance needs to be found between the Westphalian order in which the region still lives in and the post-Westphalian order that the Europeans have successfully constructed during the last 50 years. For this purpose the EU has chosen a policy path that differs from containment or balance of power strategies. It aims to strengthen regional cooperation and the promotion of a rules-based international system. In doing so the EU supports the China-strategy of the ASEAN countries that aims at engaging China bilaterally and multilaterally in a regional context.
The presentation shall analyse the concepts and policies that the EU and China are using and developing within the context of region and community building processes in East Asia. Which approach does the EU take towards an evolving regional order in East Asia? What are the involved interests and motives for China’s increasing regional engagement? Do the EU and China share common interests vis-à-vis region building initiatives in East Asia? Where do their respective regional agendas differ?
Speaker Biography: Dr. Bersick is Senior Research Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Previously at European Institute for Asian Studies, Dr. Bersick is a specialist in EU-Asia Relations; International and Security Affairs in East Asia, and is currently researching the areas of EU-China; EU-ASEAN; ASEM; ASEAN; China-USA-EU; and Regional Cooperation. His publications include contributions to Panorama. Insights into Southeast Asian and European Affairs (2007), Asian-European Relations: Building Blocks for Global Governance? (2007), and more recently:Bersick, Sebastian, “The Impact of European and Chinese Soft Power on Regional and Global Governance, in Kerr, David and Liu Fei (ed) The International Politics of EU-China Relations, British Academy Occasional Paper 10, Oxford University Press 2007, pp.216-230. Dr Bersick has also written papers for the asia Europe Journal.
Required Readings:
Supplementary Readings
- Cheung, Gordon “Contested International Relations Theory and China’s Constructing Regional Entitlement,” in Wang, Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (eds.), China and the New World Order, Routledge
- Goh, Evelyn, “Great Powers and Hierarchical Order in Southeast Asia: Analyzing Regional Security Strategies,” International Security, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Winter 2007/08), pp. 113–157.
- Lanteigne, Marc “ASEM and the Expanding China-European Union Relationship,” in Bersick, Sebastian, Wim Stokhof and Paul van der Velde (eds.) Multiregionalism and Multilateralism: Asian-European Relations in a Global Context, Amsterdam University Press, pp.83-103.
- Shambaugh, David, “China Engages Asia: Reshaping the Regional Order,” International Security, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Winter 2004/05), pp. 64–99.
- Ye, Min, “Evolution of China’s Regionalism: From Balancer to Catalyst,” Prepared for the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Sept 1-4, 2005, Washington D.C, U.S.A.
Trainer: Dr Winnie King (University of Bristol)
Dr. King is the British Inter-University China Centre (BICC) Research Fellow in Chinese International Political Economy at the University of Bristol. Her research examines political and economic development in Taiwan and China and has written on the rise of socio-economic relations across the Taiwan Straits and the impact of social movements (including immigration, women’s, economic and student movements and lobby groups) on the policy-making process. Additional projects and interest also include economic cooperation and integration in East Asia, the changing relationship between businesses and governments in Mainland China and impact of economic development on state structures, institutions, and decision-making processes.
Trainer: Dr Joy Huan Zou (University of Loughborough)
Dr. Zou is Lecturer in Strategic Management at the University of Loughborough Business School. Her current research is in the international business and strategic management discipline, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international entrepreneurship, new venture growth and knowledge acquisition in high-tech industries. An ongoing project, awarded by the British Academy, has focused on the role of venture capital on new venture growth. Dr Zou has published work in the Journal of World Business, Management International Review and other economic and marketing journals and has presented papers at the Academy of International Business Annual Conference, AIB UK & Ireland Chapter Conference and China Economic Association (UK) Conference.
Breakout and Discussion Following This Lecture : 9.45-10.10am
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Reconvene Lecture Theatre 2 for Full Discussion with All: 10.10-11.00am
Student Presentations: GROUP 4: 11.20-1.10pm July 17th 2008
- Mireia Paulo
- Teemu Valtteri Naarajarvi
- Kerry Ratigan
- Agnese Formica
- Gabriela Pleschova
- Xiaosha Shi
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