Focusing on the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, this book demonstrates how collective identity depends on the construction of outsider states, such as Morocco, Turkey, and Australia, as different. It then analyzes how these regional organizations can consequently aggravate conflicts involving outsider states.

'With ever new states entering the European Union, old enemies turn friends and distant countries turn neighbouring states. This is your historical and sociological trampoline for entering the higher layers of ongoing debates about European identity formation.' - Iver B. Neumann, Professor of Russian Studies, Oslo University, Norway

Autorentext
BAHAR RUMELILI is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Koc University, Turkey. She researches and publishes on international relations theory, conflict resolution, and the European Union. Her articles have appeared in the European Journal of International Relations , Review of International Studies , and the Journal of Common Market Studies .

Inhalt
Introduction Self/Other Interaction in IR Identity/ Difference and the EU Negotiating 'Europe': EU-Turkey Relations EU and the Regional Order Identity/ Difference and the ASEAN Conclusion