Europe-China Academic Network for Studies (ECAN)

Monitoring and assessing implications of China's economic rise for the EU and assisting in the updating  and articulation of the EU Agenda for the EU-China Relationship

China's very rapid economic growth is having immense repercussions on the world, among others on the consumption of the world's resources. Global financial and commodity markets nowadays react sharply to Chinese domestic policies. Developments in China have, among others, significant consequences for the world environment, the availability and prices of energy and for the competitiveness of the EU.

Academic Network for European Research Related to India (ANERI)

Monitoring and assessing implications of India's economic rise for the EU and assisting in the updating and articulation of the EU Agenda for the EU-India Relationship

India is changing rapidly, its democracy is more vibrant than ever, its economy is expanding strongly and it is increasingly regarded as an important international player on most global issues. It is in the EU's strong interest to seize the enormous potential of deepened relations with this emerging power while making sure that it evolves in a way conducive to better global governance.

Changing Regional Security Structure? The EU’s Opportunities to Play a Role in Asian Security Politics

EIAS has contributed to a report commissioned by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the EU’s role in Asian security in collaboration with the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, a partner in the European Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies (insert link).

On 19 May, EIAS travelled to Copenhagen to discuss the draft of the report entitled The Security Situation in Asia: Changing Regional Security Structure? The EU’s Opportunities to Play a Role in Asian Security Politics.

Economics and Politics of East Asian Co-operation and China's Role in the Process
The main objective of the study is to identify Europe's strategic interests in East Asia, and to provide information on the region's likely development in economic, political, security and socio-cultural terms, with a special focus on intra-regional co-operation and in particular China's role.

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Troop deployment to Iraq: Is Japan really changing the fundamentals of its defence and security policy?
Dr Axel Berkofsky

Presentation by Dr Axel Berkofsky, EIAS Research Fellow at the conference  "Reforming Japan: Has the Corner been finally turned?"

Conference Organised by the Asia Programme, the Royal Institute for International Affairs (RIIA) and the Keizai Koho Center Tokyo, 25 February 2004, Chatham House London

The National Democratic Alliance and National Security
Dr Apurba Kundu

Presentation by Dr Apurba Kundu, EIAS Senior Research Fellow, at the Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism conference held from 21-22 February 2004 at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London.

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EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: Sharing Benefits of Globalisation?

A lecture delivered to the Ninth ASEF University Session in Manila on 6 February 2004.

EU Enlargement and the Doha Development Agenda

A paper presented at the European Union-Japan Conference, on  25 November 2003.

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