The European Union as an inter- and transregional actor: lessons for global governance from Europe's relations with Asia
dc.contributor.author | Ruland, Jurgen | en_AU |
dc.date.accessioned | 2003-05-20 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2004-05-19T17:12:06Z | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-05T08:50:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2004-05-19T17:12:06Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-05T08:50:25Z | |
dc.date.created | 2002 | en_AU |
dc.description.abstract | Conclusion: The lessons to be learnt from Europe’s inter- and transregional cooperation with Asia may thus be summarized as follows: First, more than any other regional organization – perhaps with the exception of ASEAN – the EU has played an active role in establishing a novel level in international policy-making. Second, more than anything else, the EU’s involvement in inter- and transregional fora is marked by balancing. This had, third, repercussions on densifiying international institutions. The dominance of balancing and an unfavorable opportunity-governance cost ratio explain why institutionalizing is based on "soft law" and "soft institutions"; rationalizing, agenda-setting and crisis management performances are less than satisfactory. Fourth and last, the shortcomings of inter- and transregional fora notwithstanding, it would be too pessimistic to conclude with Wolfgang Reinecke that "the current state of global governance resembles at best a loose set of crossnational policy patchworks, conspicuous for their missing links and unnecessary overlaps". Inter- and transregional dialogues established by and with the EU definitely have the potential to become important intermediaries of a multilayered system of global governance with global institutions, regional organizations and the nation states as nodal points. | en_AU |
dc.format.extent | 1 vol. | en_AU |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41658 | en_AU |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
dc.publisher | National Europe Centre (NEC), The Australian National University | en_AU |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | National Europe Centre (NEC) Paper: No. 13 | en_AU |
dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | en_AU |
dc.subject | European Union | en_AU |
dc.subject | Asia | en_AU |
dc.subject | regionalism | en_AU |
dc.subject | regionalisation | en_AU |
dc.subject | globalisation | en_AU |
dc.subject | international relations | en_AU |
dc.subject | sovereignty | en_AU |
dc.title | The European Union as an inter- and transregional actor: lessons for global governance from Europe's relations with Asia | en_AU |
dc.type | Working/Technical Paper | en_AU |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | National Europe Centre | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | ANU | en_AU |
local.description.refereed | no | en_AU |
local.identifier.citationmonth | jul | en_US |
local.identifier.citationyear | 2002 | en_US |
local.identifier.eprintid | 1315 | en_AU |
local.rights.ispublished | no | en_AU |
local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |
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