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Regional Integration Support by the EU in Asia: Aims and Prospects

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This chapter examines the aims and scope of the EU’s regional integration support (RIS) and the achievements it has had in Southeast Asia. ASEAN invited the EU to support its aim to achieve ASEAN economic integration in September 2003. In parallel to this programme, ASEAN has undergone considerable transformation. It has revamped its institutional structure and transformed in ways that invite comparisons to the EU. Naturally, the fact that the EU has a policy of RIS, and that ASEAN member states express their commitment to create an economic community along the lines of the European Economic Community (EEC) raises the question as to whether the EU acts as a ‘driver’ of regional integration in Southeast Asia. This chapter argues that not the EU rather than economic competition from China is the real driver behind changes along the lines of the EU.

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  1. Maastricht University, The Netherlands

    Thomas Christiansen (Professor of European Institutional Politics) (Professor of European Institutional Politics)

  2. University of Essex, Colchester, UK

    Emil Kirchner (Professor of Government) (Professor of Government)

  3. The University of Melbourne, Australia

    Philomena Murray (Associate Professor of Political Science) (Associate Professor of Political Science)

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Jetschke, A. (2013). Regional Integration Support by the EU in Asia: Aims and Prospects. In: Christiansen, T., Kirchner, E., Murray, P. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of EU-Asia Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378704_15

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