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Parliamentary diplomacy between the EU and the Republic of Korea Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Youngah Guahk, Isabel Hernandez Pepe
This paper studies the practice of parliamentary diplomacy in the context of EU–Korea relations arguing that this is an essential element in the bilateral relationship. Having defined the concept of parliamentary diplomacy, the development of interaction between the European Parliament (EP) and the National Assembly of Republic of Korea, Korean National Assembly (KNA) is being analysed. Their bilateral
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South Korea and the EU battling COVID-19: shared contribution to global health governance and human security Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Tereza Novotná, Nam Kook Kim
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties, the article analyzes public health governance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU and South Korea. Shifting focus from traditional national security to a more people-centered understanding, the article employs the human security framework to examine nuances of the global health crisis. Through this theoretical lens, the research empirically
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EU-South Korea international cultural relations in the twenty-first century: an overview Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Sung-Won Yoon, Mariano Martín Zamorano
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EU-Korea security cooperation: a new normative partnership? Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Sae Won Chung, Ben Tonra
The European Union and South Korea have significantly progressed in developing their bilateral relationship since their strategic partnership in 2010. Recently, they have paid considerable attention to strengthening bilateral security cooperation. Against this backdrop, this paper asks three questions: first, what is the current shape of EU-Korea security cooperation; second, how is this cooperation
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Expanding the study of the EU-centred actorness: ASEAN in the emerging Indo-Pacific construct Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
This article examines ASEAN’s position and strategies regarding the emerging Indo-Pacific politics by employing three elements of actorness—opportunity in the external environments, capacities for internal preference convergence and external engagement, and policy entrepreneurship. It argues that Indonesia’s policy entrepreneurship enabled ASEAN to respond to a new regional opportunity of the emerging
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All in favour? Indian business interests and the India-EU FTA Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Kari Irwin Otteburn
Negotiations between the European Union (EU) and India regarding a free trade agreement (FTA) have been hindered by numerous difficulties and disagreements since they began in 2007. A few studies have pointed at various key points of contention, including inter alia tariffs on sensitive products, intellectual property rights, trade in services, and chapters on non-trade issues. Despite a long-standing
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Technological intensity in manufacturing trade between ASEAN and the EU: challenges and opportunities Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Amadeo Navarro Zapata, María Arrazola, José de Hevia
This article analyses trade flows EU-ASEAN, focusing on export performance and technological intensity, covering the years 2004–2016. The aim of this paper is to analyse to what extent, a further trade integration between the EU and ASEAN, could generate business opportunities for countries in both trading blocs. This analysis could serve as a basis for designing and implementing effective policies
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Measuring economic diplomacy using event study method: the case of EU-China summit talks and Airbus stock price changes Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Sunkung Choi
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Building resilient supply chains in uncertain times: a comparative study of EU and ASEAN approaches to supply chain resilience Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Angela Pennisi di Floristella, Xuechen Chen
Amid rising uncertainty in the global economy and unprecedented economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of supply chain resilience has gained increasing popularity in ASEAN and the EU. However, by comparing their paths to resilient supply chains, this article argues that while both organizations regard resilience as a departure from past doctrines of pure economic efficiency
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The impact of the Japan-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement on the trade and income of Japan, the European Union, and South Korea Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Chae-Deug Yi
This study analyses the effects of the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on Japan and the EU’s 28 countries since it was enforced in 2019. The Japan-EU EPA has positive beneficial effects on the two participating economies, Japan and the EU. The removal of trade barriers and NTMs leads to more competition, more trade efficiency improvements, and ultimately more benefits to the participating
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Sectoral effects of the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement for the European Union countries Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Górska, Rumiana
This paper assesses the economic impact of the Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (JEEPA) on all EU member states as well as Japan. The novelty of this study is that it refers to all EU countries and provides an overview of the expected output effects of JEEPA for all member states in a detailed sectoral breakdown. This impact is investigated using the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) framework
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Estimating causal effects of BRI infrastructure projects based on the synthetic control method Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-08-20 Li, Yuan, Kleimann, Martin, Schmerer, Hans-Jörg
This paper studies regional treatment effects of infrastructure projects on employment and transport volumes by combining quantitative econometric methods with qualitative case studies. The quantitative approach we use is the synthetic control method, which allows for the analysis of causal effects on particular treatment groups. The regions of interest in our study are Duisburg and Piraeus. Both quantitative
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Economic impacts of transport and energy infrastructure connecting Asia and Europe: an introductory article for the special issue. Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-07-28 Dina Azhgaliyeva
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Italy and the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments: disappointment over the process Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-07-25 Francesca Ghiretti
The formal conclusion of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI) has drawn much criticism. Criticisms for member states did not always recognise the same critical points. The case of Italy presents an instance in which the issue rather than laying in the content of the agreement was identified in the process. Not only had Italy been marginalised in the process of negotiation that led to the
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The enforceability of the trade and sustainable development chapters of the European Union’s free trade agreements Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-06-16 Demy van ‘t Wout
Since 2011, the European Union’s (EU) free trade agreements (FTAs) include a Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapter which provides for environmental and labour commitments. Nevertheless, the ratification and implementation of these commitments remain insufficient. It is therefore essential to analyse whether the EU has become more ambitious in enforcing the TSD chapter. To analyse the chapter’s
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WTO + and WTO-X provisions in the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: a ‘fruit salad tree’ is yet to grow Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-06-13 Tran Thi Thuy Duong
The European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is an ambitious regional trade agreement, signed by both parties in 2019 and ratified by the European Parliament in February 2020. Like many other ‘new-generation’ RTAs, this agreement is well known for its WTO + and WTO-X provisions. This paper analyzes typical WTO + and WTO-X provisions of the EVFTA, focusing on their concepts, contents and
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Seize opportunities and jointly advance China-EU economic and trade relations Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-06-09 Xiang Xia
After 35 rounds of talks over the past seven years, the negotiations on the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) passed the finishing line at the end of 2020, a timely gift for the 45th anniversary of the establishment of China-EU diplomatic ties. As a most comprehensive and significant economic and trade agreement between China and the EU, CAI marks a highly relevant step to meet the
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Competition and cooperation in the natural gas market: a game-theoretic demand-base analysis Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-06-06 Youngho Chang, Dang Thi Quynh Trang, Tsiat Siong Tan, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
This paper aims to explore various possibilities in the evolving global gas market by constructing game-theoretical models involving the major players: Russia and Qatar exporting gas to the Asia-Pacific and Europe, respectively. We explore a series of hypothetical scenarios based on competitive and collusive settings for the Asia-Pacific LNG market and based on Qatar’s export route to the European
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The impact of infrastructure on trade in Central Asia Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-06-05 Kamalbek Karymshakov, Burulcha Sulaimanova
This paper aims to investigate the impact of infrastructure on trade in Central Asia based on the data of three countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Empirical estimations are based on panel data for the period 2010–2018. Infrastructure is measured by quality and quantity indicators. Trade flows are measured by the export and import volumes of each of these countries with their main trade
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The Saami and the Karen — common experience and differences: a comparative perspective Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-05-26 Agnieszka Szpak, Maria Ochwat
This paper offers a comparative perspective on a specific issue of the indigenous peoples of the Saami and the Karen. The groups being compared are from Europe and Asia, selected on the basis of their particular circumstances of living in more than one State. However, while the Saami are a relatively well-treated people that enjoy a form of cultural autonomy; the Karen are in a far worse situation
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Congruence-building on multiple fronts: Indian elite perceptions of EU rule promotion in India during the EU-India FTA negotiations (2007–2013) Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-04-07 Marie Sophie Peffenköver
How does the European Union export its rules and regulations to its partners during free trade negotiations? While the research fields on EU foreign policy promotion abroad and external perceptions seem to have settled on the notion that the success of EU rule export increases with the internalization of the negotiation partner’s wants, this article challenges this academic consensus. Scrutinizing
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South Korea’s hydrogen economy program as a case of weak ecological modernization Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-03-18 Ralf Havertz
In January 2019, the South Korean president Moon Jae In announced his plans for the transformation of the South Korean economy into a “hydrogen economy.” This involves the replacement of fossil fuels for the production of energy on a large scale. The government’s plan supports the use of hydrogen fuel cells (HFCs) for industrial and residential energy production and promotes the replacement of vehicles
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ASEAN and the EU amidst COVID-19: overcoming the self-fulfilling prophecy of realism Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-03-13 Frederick Kliem
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime. Quite appropriately, the pandemic has been declared a non-traditional security (NTS) threat in many countries in Europe and Asia. Beyond its detrimental effect on public health, COVID-19 is testing the international resolve to cooperate and represents a particularly tricky challenge to regionalism. Due
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Evolutionary institutionalism in Europe’s neighborhood post-enlargement: the European Neighborhood Policy brings geopolitics back in Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-03-06 Boyka M. Stefanova
A major conceptual overhaul is under way in the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) with significant consequences for its eastern dimension. This paper examines such policy adjustments from the perspective of evolutionary institutionalism. The paper revisits the changing rationale of the ENP due to the impact of the broader geopolitical environment on its normative structure and compliance mechanisms
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Japan’s South Caucasian diplomacy: the development of Japanese foreign policy towards Georgia Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Mariam Bibilashvili
The paper examines Japan’s foreign policy towards the South Caucasus through the case study of Japanese engagement in Georgia. The goal of the study is to explore the formulation of Japan’s official foreign policy towards Georgia and to highlight the ideational factors influencing the process. As for the timeframe, the thesis is focused on the period from 1992 to 2016. Following the constructivist
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Turkey’s own “pivot to Asia”: a neoclassical realist analysis Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Emine Akcadag Alagoz
Over the past decade, Turkey has executed its own turn to Asia, which has materialized in the form of greater high-level dialogue between countries, strategic partnerships, and improved economic and commercial relations. The aim of this study is to bring an understanding to the factors that determined this turn. For this purpose, using a neoclassical realist perspective, along with international and
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The ambiguities of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification: internal incoherence, governance rescaling and state transformation Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad, Adam Tyson, Helena Varkkey
There are persistent tensions of both a technical and political nature between Southeast Asia’s two major palm oil producers, Indonesia and Malaysia, and the sustainability governance mechanisms shaping global environmental and trade standards emerging from Europe. The establishment of the national Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification standard in 2011 is a sign of discontent with the
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Central Asia’s pipeline politics and India’s energy quest Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-09-24 Ramakrushna Pradhan
Although Central Asia emerged out of the ashes of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, yet the ‘Five Stans’ (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) as a single geopolitical entity has emerged as new hotspot of global politics by virtue of its huge untapped hydrocarbon potentials and promises of new discoveries. That is perhaps the reason that even after the disintegration
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European Union and the fight against terrorism: a differentiated integration theory perspective Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Oldrich Bures, Sebastian Bätz
Although many EU member states experienced large scale terrorist attacks and both national and EU policymakers have repeatedly acknowledged the need to tackle the apparent contradiction between borderless terrorism and national counterterrorism measures, a genuine supranational EU counterterrorism response has not emerged thus far. In this article, we explore why this has been the case. Via a set of
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Colonialism in its modern dress: post-colonial narratives in EUrope-Indonesia relations Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-07-28 Camille Nessel
This article argues that Indonesia-EU economic relations have been accompanied by a post-colonial narrative, which has led to a transposition of anti-colonial sentiment towards the Netherlands to the EU as a whole. The post-colonial theoretical approach adopted assumes that human beings create meaning through narratives to make sense of the world that surrounds us, and that national histories contain
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New horizons in EU–Japan security cooperation Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-07-16 Emil J. Kirchner, Han Dorussen
Alongside the EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) between the EU and Japan entered into force in 2019. Whereas the EPA enshrines the existing interconnectedness between the Japanese and European economies, the SPA remains more aspirational. With an emphasis on shared norms and values and recognising an increasingly hostile external environment, the
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Fostering Diaologue for a Common Future: Asia-Europe Policy Forum (AEPF) Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Wei Shen
Asia-Europe Journal (AEJ) is very proud to present the inaugural edition of our new initiative—Asia-Europe Policy Forum (AEPF). It is a collection of policy briefs edited by our guest editor Professor Sven Biscop (Egmont Institute, Royal Institute for International Relations, Brussels, Belgium), and we hope you will find it stimulating, provocative and informative. The Asia-Europe Policy Forum is aimed
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After Covid-19: economic security in EU-Asia connectivity Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Tobias Gehrke
Covid-19 vividly demonstrates the vulnerabilities of a globalized economy. At the apex of the crisis in Europe, supply of life-saving medical equipment could not be guaranteed. Governments around the globe rushed to restrict medical exports for fears of national shortages, threatening the ability of other governments in the global economy to effectively tend to their immediate health security needs
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Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Asia-Europe relations Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-05-19 Lay Hwee Yeo
We are facing an unprecedented challenge of containing the coronavirus, the fear and uncertainty that it is spreading and the catastrophic economic consequences of the lockdown measures taken by many nations. How we respond to these challenges will shape the future not only of our individual societies and nations but also the wider regional and global order. In the absence of US leadership, what can
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A plague on both your houses: European and Asian responses to Coronavirus Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2020-05-18 Mark Beeson
Students of comparative politics may be the only people who have actually derived some benefit from Coronavirus or COVID-19. Without wanting to trivialise the pandemic’s impact, it has provided a searching examination of different countries’ capacity to respond to sudden, unprecedented, if not entirely unforeseen crises. Indeed, the first point to make about the way various states responded to the
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Social and semantic network analysis of Facebook pages: the case of Brexit and Bremain leaders Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-09-16 Sung-Hoon Park, Sung-Won Yoon, Sae Won Chung
This paper aims to probe how leaders of Brexit (Nigel Farage) and Bremain (David Cameron) camps communicated with the UK public via Facebook fan pages. This study employed two different types of data analysis (social network analysis and semantic network analysis) for exploring the structure and the contents of information diffusion process. These analyses yielded the opposite results. For social network
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Building the pillars of the EU-South Korea strategic partnership Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-07-13 Sae Won Chung, Jae-Seung Lee
This paper explores the evolution of the policy agenda of the EU-South Korea strategic partnership, based on key pillars of cooperation: politics, security, and economics. In the political arena, the Framework Agreement has provided a major platform for promoting EU-Korea political dialogue and developing a common stance toward a shared global agenda. When it comes to security, the main agenda involves
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EU’s strategic partnership with Asian countries: an introductory article for the special issue Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-07-08 Sunghoon Park
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India-EU strategic partnership: a new roadmap Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-06-29 Rajendra K. Jain, Gulshan Sachdeva
This article examines the role of strategic partnerships in Indian foreign policy and the nature and perceptions of India and the European Union about the strategic partnership. It discusses how both sides look at global governance, normative divergence, and security cooperation. It assesses Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s perceptions and engagement with Europe since coming to power in 2014. It analyses
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Beyond identity lines: women building peace in Northern Ireland and the Korean peninsula Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-06-17 Dong Jin Kim
This article explores the challenges and contributions of women in building and sustaining peace in protracted conflicts by conducting a comparative case study on Northern Ireland and Korea. Similarities in the histories of the conflicts and the concurrences in the peace processes have been attracting policy makers and researchers to share lessons between the Northern Ireland and Korean peace processes
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Security threat: a reality or right-wing political discourse phenomenon Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-05-24 Marium Fatima, Ghulam Ali Murtaza, Shahid Ahmed Afridi, Arshi Saleem Hashmi
This article studies the potential paradigm shift in Europe linking refugees’ influx with the security phenomenon through the works of intellectuals belonging to Copenhagen and Paris School. The article has been written exclusively in the milieu of the Civil War in Syria which brought migrants/refugees into the international limelight as a threat to security after 2011. The paper initially examines
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Remaking Eurasia: the Belt and Road Initiative and China-Russia strategic partnership Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-05-22 Serafettin Yilmaz (Yao Shifan), Liu Changming
In this paper, we attempt to analyze the China-Russia cooperation within the context of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). For this end, the prospects for and challenges toward the alignment of the two countries’ Eurasia strategies and the impact of such cooperation on the economics, politics, and security of the region and beyond are examined. Exploring the two nations’ actual and potential points
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The EU-Japan free trade agreement in evolving global trade politics Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-05-07 Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
The European Union (EU) and Japan began to search for the conclusion of a free trade agreement (FTA) around 2010, and formal negotiations on the EU-Japan FTA (EJFTA) began in April 2013. The negotiations took a longer time than expected, reaching a signature on the agreement in July 2018. This article, by taking into account the character of the EJFTA as a representative mega-FTA, examines how two
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The “Eastern Polygon” of the Trans-Siberian rail line: a critical factor for assessing Russia’s strategy toward Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-05-04 Jacopo Maria Pepe
This paper discusses the critical role that the Eastern Section (“Eastern Polygon”) of the Trans-Siberian rail line (TSR) plays in Moscow’s broader strategy toward the Asia-Pacific and Eurasia. The paper argues that existing domestic financial constraints in the rail infrastructure development of the “Eastern Polygon,” while relevant, do not account alone for Russia’s increasing challenges when it
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The rules of origin in the EU–Japan relations from the 1980s to the EPA and BREXIT Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-04-08 Massimiliano Porto
The recent proliferation of free-trade agreements drew the attention of the general public to their socio-economic effects on the local community. A common misunderstanding among the general public and firms is that, when an FTA is signed by their domestic government with a partner, the goods produced by their domestic firms will benefit automatically from preferential access to the partner’s market
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External conditions for EU normative power through trade. The case of CEPA negotiations with Indonesia Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-02-12 Daniela Sicurelli
The European Commission has emphatically declared that the EU is committed to harnessing globalization by promoting a normative approach to trade. Based on the case study of the ongoing negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Indonesia, this paper scrutinizes the external conditions for the effectiveness of the European Union (EU) as a norm promoter. Despite the
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Correction to: Frankenstein in Grozny: vertical and horizontal cracks in the foundation of Kadyrov’s rule Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-01-31 Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Namig Abbasov, David S. Siroky
Missing acknowledgment.
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A path to financial integration: steps for the Eurasian Economic Union Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-01-17 Olga Pak, Kenji Iwata
This paper analyzes the banking systems of the founding states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to indentify discrepancies that may hinder the establishment of a single market for financial services. Practical contributions are derived from two dimensions. First, a comparison of the EAEU banking sectors’ structures prior to integration reveals common features such as high concentration, low level
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Transfer of Japanese-style management to the Czech Republic: the case of Japanese manufacturing firms Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-01-14 Kaoru Natsuda, Jan Sýkora, Jiří Blažek
This study examines the level of application of Japanese-style management to the Czech Republic from the perspective of hybridization, by employing a survey of Japanese manufacturing firms based in this country. The survey reveals that the Japanese system of production control is strictly enforced, while work organization, labour relations and group consciousness have been—despite targeted practices
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What kind of power is the EU? The EU’s policies toward North Korea’s WMD programs and the debate about the EU’s role in the security arena Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2019-01-11 Min-hyung Kim, Jinwoo Choi
The main purpose of this article is to critically examine the EU’s policies toward North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs. By analyzing the EU’s approach to North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, this article contributes to the debate about what kind of an actor the EU really is—i.e., whether it is a military power, a civilian power, or a normative power—in the security
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Subcontracting, facilitating and qualities of regional power: the UK’s partial pivot to Asia Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-11-10 Oliver Turner
This article explores the UK’s foreign policy “pivot” to Asia, a decade after its tentative beginnings. This pivot is understood to be Britain’s planned redirection of attention and resources to Asia which emerged gradually from around 2007/2008, before intensifying from 2010. It is argued that the pivot has been evident across distinctive phases and political, economic and security dimensions, while
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Migrant care workers and care-migration policies: a comparison between Italy and Japan Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-09-07 Rie Miyazaki
Japan and Italy are the most aging societies in the developed countries and they both face the rapid increase of the social cost and the demand in manpower for long-term care. Both countries have the common welfare state trajectories and characteristics. In contrast, both the care and migration policies and the role of migrant care workers between Italy and Japan are consistently different. The paper
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Frozen, stalled, stuck, or just muddling through: the post-Dayton frozen conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-08-23 Valery Perry
The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) ended in 1995, yet the state remains crippled by inertia, escalating political infighting, and domestic and regional rhetoric that undermines efforts at community, social, and political reconciliation. The author argues that BiH can be categorized as a frozen conflict, as the core issues at the heart of the violent conflict of the 1990s have not been resolved
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India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir dispute: unpacking the dynamics of a South Asian frozen conflict Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-08-15 Sumit Ganguly, Michal Smetana, Sannia Abdullah, Ales Karmazin
The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan remains at the core of one of the most intractable conflicts in modern history. This article provides a plausibility probe into the dynamics of this South Asian rivalry that is conceptually based on the dynamic understanding of “frozen conflicts” introduced in this special issue of Asia Europe Journal. We lay out the key features of the conflict vis-à-vis
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The role of international brokers in frozen conflicts: the case of transnistria Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-08-09 Magdalena Dembińska, Frédéric Mérand
The “frozen” conflict between Moldova and its separatist Transnistrian region—which developed into a de facto state—is dynamic. Despite an active nation-building project to support Transnistria’s independence and a stated willingness to join Russia, Transnistria is juggling between Russia and Europe. While economically dependent on the former’s subsidies and security guarantees, Transnistrian economic
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Threading on thin ice? Conflict dynamics on the Korean Peninsula Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-08-08 Virginie Grzelczyk
In 2018, both the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of their separate governments. This is a sad reminder that much remains frozen on the Korean Peninsula. For one, families have been separated and communication channels between the two Korean populations are almost non-existent. Yet, stability is precariously
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Nagorno-Karabakh: obstacles to the resolution of the frozen conflict Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-08-01 Pavlína Bláhová
The enduring deadlock in peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has created a special, “frozen” phase in the conflict cycle. Several cases of skirmishes, escalating in 2016 during the Four-Day War, demonstrate the security threat the conflict represents. Simultaneously, ongoing unsuccessful peace talks and escalations and de-escalations of violence at the line of contact
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Between war and peace: a dynamic reconceptualization of “frozen conflicts” Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-08-01 Michal Smetana, Jan Ludvík
Frozen conflicts, situations in which war ended yet stable peace did not materialize, trouble both Asia and Europe. Despite the clear policy relevance of this problem, the notion of frozen conflicts remains surprisingly blurred in peace and conflict studies literature. In this paper, we seek to provide a rigorous conceptualization of frozen conflicts. We situate frozen conflicts into a broader debate
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Georgia’s frosts: ethnopolitical conflict as assemblage Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-07-28 Ondrej Ditrych
This article is a reinterpretation of ‘frozen conflicts’ as assemblages binding together and strategically orienting a variety of components from both human and nonhuman estates at various scales in order to make a move toward ‘unfreezing’ their research. It then demonstrates how this perspective may be employed in the case of the ethnopolitical conflict in Georgia. The resulting analysis points to
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Frankenstein in Grozny: vertical and horizontal cracks in the foundation of Kadyrov’s rule Asia Europe Journal (IF 1.689) Pub Date : 2018-07-28 Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Namig Abbasov, David S. Siroky
Many scholars have suggested that organized violence in Chechnya has ended, and that Russia’s Chechenization policy and Ramzan Kadyrov’s presidency deserve the credit. We suggest that Putin has created a Frankenstein-like ruler over whom he risks losing control. As a result, the conflict only appears resolved, and we draw attention to both vertical and horizontal cracks in the foundation of Kadyrov’s