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EU-ASIA RELATIONS: A CRITICAL REVIEW
an International Conference
to be held

Thursday March 27th – Friday March 28th 2008

CONTEMPORARY EUROPE RESEARCH CENTRE
Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence
The University of Melbourne
Level 2, 234 Queensberry St, Carlton

About the Conference

A major international conference will take place in Melbourne in March 2008, examining the EU’s external relations and objectives with Asia-Pacific. It is widely acknowledged that the EU has actively pursued a more influential role in East Asia in recent years. This engagement is no longer exclusively economic, but also political, where it has begun to reflect the EU’s perceived role as a ‘norms exporter’ – particularly in the areas of human rights and democracy promotion. In aiming to contribute to the relatively new academic engagement with the EU’s international presence, EU-Asia Relations: A Critical Review will provide a greatly necessary critical assessment of the current state of the EU – Asia-Pacific engagement. To capitalise on the conclusions of the conference, a policy workshop in early July 2008 in Brussels is to follow.

Registration forms are now available

Final Programme now available

Conference Brochure

Confirmed Conference Speakers include:

• Phillipe C Schmitter, (European University Institute)
• Fraser Cameron, Senior Advisor, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels,
• Heungchong Kim, Director, EU programme, KIEP, Korea,
• Nicole Alecu de Flers, Institute for European Integration Research, Vienna,
• Tania Felicio, United Nations Univerisity – CRIS, Bruges,
• Douglas Webber, Professor of Political Science, INSEAD, Fontainebleau
• Yeo Lay Hwee, Senion Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
• Georg Wiessala, Professor of International Relations, University of Central Lancashire
• Elzbieta Kawecka-Wyrzykowska, Warsaw School of Economics
• Philomena Murray, Director CERC, University of Melbourne
  

Queries regarding the conference that are not covered by our website can be addressed to the conference convenors via the CERC office.