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Forthcoming Events

Japan and the EU: Development Aid Partners
28/05/2013 - 14:00
Venue: European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels
The Current Situation in Bangladesh - Prospects and Challenges
29/05/2013 - 12:30
Venue: European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

Recent Events

Bridging the EU-Asia Media Gap
15/05/2013 - European Institute for Asian Studies
Film: Luo village: Ren Dingqi and me (Luo Bing)
06/05/2013 - ThinkYoung
Leadership Change in the Republic of Korea
26/04/2013 - European Institute for Asian Studies
Leadership Change in Japan: Back to the Future?
24/04/2013 - European Institute for Asian Studies
Film: The Passengers (Dong Hua)
22/04/2013 - ThinkYoung

Asian News Outlook

Mid-term Elections in the Philippines

16 May 2013

The mid-term elections in the Philippines took place on 13 May; 18,000 government official positions were elected including 12 senators, all 229 members of the House of Representatives, 880 provincial governors and vice provincial governors and 58 Party-list Representatives among other local seats.

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Pakistan Muslim League wins Pakistan General Election 2013

16 May 2013

The atmosphere in Pakistan leading up to the general election on 11 May was filled with optimism and much speculation despite the pockets of violence and assassination attempts by the Pakistani Taliban.

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Signature of the EU-Mongolia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

14 May 2013

As the European Community strategic paper 2007-2013 for Mongolia outlines, ‘Mongolia has repeatedly expressed interest in upgrading its relations with the EU and in going beyond the current focus on traditional development cooperation.’

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Malaysia’s general election 2013: Change or no change?

6 May 2013

After the dissolution of the Parliament on 3 April 2013 and a very dynamic and heated electoral campaign, Malaysia held its 13th general election on 5 May 2013.

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Russia and Japan on the way to solving islands dispute

3 May 2013

On 29 April 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Moscow, marking the first visit to Russia of a Japanese Prime Minister in the past ten years.

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Catherine Ashton visits China and Mongolia

30 April 2013
Credit: European Commission Audiovisual service. Reference: P-023152 /00-13

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton left China after a three-day visit, and on 28 April 2013 arrived in Mongolia.

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EU-Myanmar relations enter new era

25 April 2013
Credit “The Council of the European Union”

The EU has taken the decision to permanently lift all sanctions on Myanmar with the exception of the arms embargo during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on 22 April.

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Latest EIAS Publications

EU-Asia at a Glance / May 2013
Japan-EU Collaboration towards Re-emergence of Europe
Aiichiro Yamamoto
Event Report / May 2013
Poverty alleviation in rural India
Event Report / May 2013
Asian Development Outlook 2013: Asia's Energy Challenge
EU-Asia at a Glance / May 2013
Toward a global perspective: NATO’s growing engagement with Japan and South Korea
Miha Hribernik
Event Report / May 2013
Timor-Leste after ten years of independence
Event Report / April 2013
Connecting the Grid: The way forward for renewable energy in Asia and Europe

EIAS News

Asian Youth Forum with Plan International and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Delhi

15 May 2013

From 2 to 5 May 2013, the 46th Annual Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) took place in Delhi, India.

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Asian Development Outlook 2013

19 April 2013

ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2013 was launched in Hong Kong on 9 April 2013 and presented at EIAS by Dr Joseph Zveglich on 17 April 2013. This ADO 2013 estimates that regional economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will pick up to 6.6% in 2013 and reach 6.7% in 2014.

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Second Workshop on EU-China Relations in Global Politics in Beijing

27 March 2013

For the second time, the EU-China CRN organised a Workshop on EU-China Relations in Global Politics at the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China, 4-5 March 2013.

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More News

Towards an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism: A Matter of Checks and Balances?

16 May 2013

The Institute for European Studies (IEE-ULB) and the Legal Department of the Institute for European Studies (ULB) invite you to the event "Towards an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, a matter of Checks and Balances?".

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China Energy Trip Summer 2013

13 May 2013

EU-China Green Growth Corps (ECGGC) is a new youth movement with support by EU whose mission is to foster the bilateral relationship in green growth issues and develop the awareness and skills of the next generation of European and Chinese leaders in this field.

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Opening a New Chapter in EU-Japan Relations

30 April 2013

The EU-Japan Business Round Table (BRT) held its 15th annual meeting on 29 and 30 April 2013 in Paris.

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