Escaping the economic and security-centered approaches, prevalent in contemporary U.S. debate the contributors explore political relations between the European Union (EU) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).Their inter-disciplinary perspectives touch on domains such as security, comparative integration, human rights, energy.

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KARIMA ABIDAT holds a Masters Degree in European studies from the Université de Provence, France JAN WILLEM BLANKERT Special Adviser for the relationship of the EU with ASEAN in the EU Delegation in Jakarta, Indonesia NATALIA CHABAN Deputy Director at the National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, New Zealand MARSHALL CLARK Senior Lecturer at ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australia NAILA MAIER-KNAPP Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute in Australia WILLIAM KUCERA Research Analyst at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore DANIEL NOVOTNÝ Director of the 'Global Europe' think-tank (www.global-europe.org), Editor of 'EU External Affairs Review' and also Adjunct Fellow at the Monash European and EU Centre XAVIER NUTTIN Senior Asia Analyst in the Policy Unit of the Directorate General for External Relations of the European Parliament since 2005 ONG KENG YONG currently Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia JULIET PIETSCH Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University, Australia CLARA PORTELA Assistant Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University, Singapore RACHMINAWATI Junior Lecturer at International Law Department, Faculty of Law Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia LAI SUET-YI PhD candidate at the NCRE, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand ANNA SYNGELLAKIS Jean Monnet Principal Lecturer in European Studies, School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK DAVID TREISMAN Adjunct Research Fellow of Monash University and affiliated with the Monash Asia Institute, Australia DOUGLAS WEBBER Professor at INSEAD, France PASCALINE WINAND Professor and Director of the Monash European and EU Centre at Monash University, Australia

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Introduction: Growing Closer Together or Drifting Further Apart?; D.Novotny  & C.Portela PART I: ASEAN AND THE EU TODAY The Context of EU-ASEAN Relations: Trials and Tribulations of Regionalism in Post-Cold War Europe and Asia; D.Webber The EU and Non-Traditional Security in Southeast Asia; N.Maier-Knapp PART II: (INTER)REGIONALISM IN DANGER? Post-New Order 'Growing Pains': Recent Indonesian Perspectives on ASEAN and its Alternatives; M.Clark  & J.Pietsch EU's Asia Strategy in Trade and Investment: Externalities, Interdependencies and the Prospects for Coordination with ASEAN; D.Treisman PART III: SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS: CAN THE EU BE A MODEL FOR ASEAN? The EU in the South East Asian Public Opinion: Public Diplomacy Case; N.Chaban , L.Suet-yi  & K.Abidat Integration of Human Rights in the European Union: A Useful Model for ASEAN?; Rachminawati  & A.Syngellakis The Energy Charter Treaty and the Problem of Energy Security in Southeast Asia; W.Kucera PART IV: EU-ASEAN: PRACTITIONERS' VIEW ASEAN and the EU: Natural Partners; J.W.Blankert Bringing Europe and Southeast Asia Closer Through ASEAN and the EU; O.Keng Yong EU-ASEAN Relations in the 21st Century: In Search for Common Values to Forge a Partnership; X.Nuttin Conclusions and Recommendations: The EU, ASEAN and the Challenges of the 21st Century; P.Winand