South-East Asia

27November 2018
Guns, engines and turbines – The EU’s hard power in Asia
Chaillot Papers
Edited by
Eva Pejsova
With contributions from
Mathieu Duchâtel, Felix Heiduk, Bruno Hellendorff, Chantal Lavallée, Liselotte Odgaard, Gareth Price, Zoe Stanley-Lockman
Considering arms trade an integral part of the EU’s foreign policy toolbox, what is the status of security cooperation between Europe and Asia? Who exactly benefits from European military technology and know-how and how does that affect the overall strategic balance in the region?
15March 2018
The Indo-Pacific – A passage to Europe?
Briefs
Eva Pejsova
This Brief sets the stage for an upcoming EUISS series entitled 'Along the road', which will examine the security implications of China’s Belt and Road (BRI) connectivity project. Through a collection of case studies from infrastructure projects and countries situated ‘Along the road’, this series will seek to gather concrete evidence of the success or failure of Beijing’s new geopolitical project.
01June 2016
Sense and sensibility – Addressing the South China Sea disputes
Reports
By
Eva Pejsova
With contributions from
Matthieu Burnay, Werner Ekau, Mathieu Duchâtel, Ronán Long, Liselotte Odgaard, Christian Schultheiss, Stein Tønnesson
This Report, based on the work of the EU committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP EU), focuses on the territorial disputes that currently put peace and stability in the region at risk.
28October 2014
The EU in Myanmar: preventive diplomacy in action?
Briefs
By
Guy Banim
If Myanmar today is on the path towards democratic transition, it is also due to the involvement of the European Union. This Brief maps the EU’s efforts to support the peace process in the country, highlighting how it is an original and efficient example of preventive diplomacy in action.
27September 2013
Engaging Indonesia
Briefs
By
David Camroux
This brief highlights the need to develop deeper bilateral relations with a country that is both strategically important and a hub in its own region. Can the EU really afford, as a whole, to engage only sporadically with the world’s largest Muslim country and third-largest democracy?
18December 2012
Look East, Act East: transatlantic agendas in the Asia Pacific
Reports
By
Patryk Pawlak
With contributions from
David Camroux, Nicola Casarini, Andrew S. Erickson, Richard Gowan, Daniel Keohane, Bernice Lee, Patryk Pawlak, Jonathan D. Pollack, Andrew Small, Peter Sparding, Austin Strange
The transatlantic partners share similar objectives with regard to the Asia Pacific. Nevertheless, history, geography as well as differences in perceptions contribute to forging two distinct stances vis-à-vis the region. This report identifies areas where those two positions intersect.
27June 2012
The EU and Mindanao: innovative avenues for seeking peace
Occasional Papers
By
Alistair MacDonald, Gabriel Munuera Viñals
This Occasional Paper examines one of the ‘forgotten conflicts’, between the ‘Moros’ and the Philippine State, highlighting the EU's gradual move from the humanitarian and development arena towards a more explicitly political role in the peace process, in close cooperation with its Member States and with European NGOs.
09November 2010
Peacebuilding in Asia: refutation or cautious engagement?
Occasional Papers
By
Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo
Is there an Asian approach to peacebuilding? In this paper, the author explores what characterises the Asian approach while aiming to discern to what extent Western-dominated mainstream views of peacebuilding are applicable to Asian countries.

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