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This is the first book on Asian countries’ strategies towards the EU. Since the introduction of Common Foreign and Security Policy in 1993 and the publication of the EU’s first strategic document on Asia one year later, hundreds of books and journal articles have been dedicated to the study of the EU policies towards Asia as a whole, or to individual Asian countries. However, very few of these researchers ever intended to explore the strategies of Asian countries, and Asian leaders’ mindsets, vis-à-vis the EU. Quite often, the policies of Asian countries towards the EU were simply interpreted as responses to the EU’s actions in Asia.

Having been passive players for decades, Asian countries are now increasingly willing to participate in the formulation of regional and global orders, for which they need to articulate their own strategies and the world needs to better understand their mindsets. In the past two years, in the framework of EU Centres in Asia-Pacific, some top Asian scholars on EU-Asian relations were brought together to debate the strategies of individual Asian countries towards the EU, and evaluate the EU’s actions in the region. In their eyes, the EU was interpreted as a normative power, a security player, a civilian promoter and a health-care supplier. Together, they aimed to establish some common rules for explaining Asian countries’ strategies towards the EU after in-depth study of the actions of individual countries in their bilateral relations with the EU.

This book is therefore indispensable to any efforts to understand Asian leaders’ mindset in the EU-Asian relations and their strategies towards the EU in the twenty-first century.

How to buy?
Please fill in the attached order form, and sign on it. Then either fax or mail to NTU Press. NTU Press will confirm your order after receiving the fax. Once the NTU Press has received your order and payment, your order will be delivered to the designated address by the shipping company.
Email: ntuprs@ntu.edu.tw
Fax: 886-2-2363-6905.

1. Date/Time: 13 April (Mon) 09:00-12:30
2. Venue: Liang Kuo Shu International Conference Hall, on the Third Floor of the College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University
3. Hosts :EU H2020 National Contact Point、European Union Centre in Taiwan
4. Language：English

Time: 26-27 Oct., 2015
Host: EU Centre, National Chung Hsing University
Venue: National Chung Hsing University

Please email your proposal to yccheng@nchu.edu.tw before Mar.16th, 2015. The proposal should include author’s personal information (name, occupation, institution), subject title, key words and a 300-500 words abstract.
Qualified essays will be announced on Mar. 31th, 2015


Contact: Ms. Cheng
E-mail: yccheng@nchu.edu.tw
Tel: (02)2351-9641#352

Topic: New Challenges to the EU in World Politics
Time: 10:00-12:10, 8 Jan., 2015
Venue: Conference Room 814, College of Social Sciences

Speakers: Students taking courses of History and Institutions of the European Union

Agenda:
10:00-10:20 Registration
10:20-11:50 Presentation
11:50-12:00 Discussion

Topic / University

1. Study on Crisis Management of Emergency Logistics to the International Maritime Search and Rescue Mechanism：Take the European Union as an Example/
National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan

2. The EU-China Cooperation in the field of peace and security/
Fu Jen University

2015 EU Centre’s Asian Student Workshop on the EU Studies

Topic / University
1. MEPs voting behaviour regarding the EU international trade agreements: Why did the European Parliament reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement?(NTU)
2. The Study of the CETA under the Aspect of the EU’s International Investment Policy(TKU)

Paper submission due on Jan. 21, 2015

Time：27 Dec., 2014 (Saturday)14:00-18:00
Venue：Performance Art Center

1. Topic：EU – Asia Cooperation on Peace and Security in Evolving World
2. Time: 9-10 Feb.- 2015
3. Host：HUFS-HRI EU Centre
4. Venue：Jeju Island, S.Korea
5. Number of Center subsidy：One to two applicants
6. Language：English

Send resume, topic and English abstract within 300 words to ntueutw@ntu.edu.tw before Dec.28th, 2014（Sunday）.
Qualified essays will be announced on Dec. 29th, 2014（Monday）

For more information, please refer to the attached file.

The 31st. Taiwan-European Conference

1.Topic:Europe & Greater China: Opportunities & Challenges
2.Venue:International Conference Hall of Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs
 

For further information, please refer to the website.