European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners

Thomas Christiansen is Professor of Political Science at Luiss University, Rome and part-time position of Professor at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.Emil Kirchner is Jean Monnet Chair and Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex, UK.See Seng Tan is President and CEO of International Students Inc. (ISI), a faith-based organisation in the US, and concurrently Professor of International Relations at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

• Part I: The Background to EU-Asia Security Relations.- 1.The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners.- 2.EU-Asia Security Relations in a Global Context: Geoeconomics and Geopolitics.- Part II: Dimensions in EU-Asia Security Relations.- 3.Military Security.- 4.Regional Security.- 5.Non-proliferation.- 6.Organised Crime and Terrorism.- 7.Climate and Energy Security.- 8.Human Security.- 9.Civil Protection and Disaster Management.- 10.Cybersecurity.- 11.Economic Security,- 12.Migration Security.- 13.Disease Control and Health Security.- Part III: EU-Asia Security: Bilateral Relations and the Role of External Powers.- 14.Security Relations between the EU and ASEAN.- 15.Security Relations between the EU and Australia.- 16.Security Relations between the EU and China.- 17.Security Relations between the EU and Japan.- 18.Security Relations between the EU and South Korea.- 19.The Role of External Powers in EU-Asia Security Relations.- Part IV: Conclusions and Outlook.- 20.Conclusion: The European Union’s Security Relations with Asia – Partners or Rivals?