2002 Events




List of Events
2002.11.25-26. The Fourth EU-ASEAN Think Tank Dialogue in Brussels
2002.10.25-27. Exploring Federalism and Integration: EU, Taiwan, China and Korea
2002.10.15. EU’s Future Relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
2002.05.06-07. Europe-Asia after 9/11: Update by the AsiAlliance
2002.05.06-07. The ASEM Process: Consultative Forum for ASEM IV

The Fourth EU-ASEAN Think Tank Dialogue in Brussels
25-26 November 2002, European Parliament, Brussels

Keynote Address: H.E. Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the WTO. Co-organised by EIAS and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, in collaboration with the Inter Parliamentary Delegation for Relations with ASEAN.

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Exploring Federalism and Integration: EU, Taiwan, China and Korea
25-27 October 2002, Japanese-German Centre, Freie Universität, Berlin

The conference assessed the relevance of experiences in federalism and integration for the resolution of tensions in East Asia, with a focus on the Korean Peninsula and China-Taiwan. The programme outline of the conference identifies four specific cohesive processes which may reduce tensions: Institution building, Trade and Investment articulation, Culture and Value exchanges and Leadership.

Two further sessions will examine the Korean sunshine policy and the 'new politics' between China and Taiwan from these angles. The conference will follow-up the findings of the conference.

Organised by the European Alliance for Asian Studies in collaboration with Kyunghee University, Seoul.

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The EU's Future Relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: A High Level Seminar
15 October 2002, European Parliament, Brussels


The Latest Crisis on the Korean Peninsula (pdf) A press briefing by David Fouquet

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Europe-Asia After the 11th of September: Asia Update by the Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies
6-7 May 2002, Brussels

The European Union has engaged in a very rapid response to the attacks on targets in the United States on the 11th of September. These responses included a comprehensive support for the global coalition against terrorism as well as a number of specific initiative to address threats within Europe.

These included the EU arrest warrant, actions to fight money laundering and illicit financing of terrorism, a ban on organisations linked to Al-Qaeda as well as the military support for the war in Afghanistan.

The international conference will assess how these developments are affecting the relations between the European Union and Asia.

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The ASEM Process: Consultative Forum for ASEM IV
6-7 May 2002, Brussels

The Consultative Forum on ASEM IV seeks to inform the ASEM IV summit, which is going to take place in Copenhagen in September 2002. The Forum brought together more than 75 participants, including representatives of civil society from both Europe and Asia, as well as officials and representative of the business sector; almost 40 participants from NGOs, trade unions and the academic world took part to the Forum.

All Asian member countries were represented, as well as 10 EU Member States. It gave trades unions and NGOs the opportunity to exchange views on how the Asia-Europe civil society dialogue can be intensified, and how a stronger social dimension in ASEM can be jointly promoted.

Co-organised by EIAS and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

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