The European Union ( Eu ) And The Association Of Southeast Asian Nations

The population of the Asia region of the world contributes a massive amount of exporting goods, and global business as a whole. The sheer number of people consuming goods that must be imported to support the large population force the need for trade with other regions. The demand for resources is high and the need to develop strong trade relations with other countries is vital to the continued growth and success of Asian countries.

The topic of international relations has been gaining significance in the modern world following the increase in the popularity of globalization and the need for peaceful coexistence between nations. The high rate of advancement of communication technology, complex global economy, faster means of transport and an increase in value for cooperative relationships are vital to the global society (Almoni 1). A positive relationship between countries, especially the neighboring ones is expected to facilitate the formulation of effective trade agreements. In addition, the issue of immigration or movement of people from one country to another cannot

But of all these, it appears, that the most dominating pressures are related to politico-economic nature. In other words, the story revolves round a strong urge for political supremacy and economic dominance in the region. In such a state of affairs, one may find India playing a zigzag role in SAARC. It is because of India’s uncompromising posture that interstate relations have not been able to stand on sound footing necessary of evolution of South Asian cooperation.

In the last few years, the relationship between the regions has been negatively affected because they have changed their trading directions to China. Not only Europe and Latin America has changed their trading direction to China, actually the whole changed their direction to China due to the flexibility of trade and variety of products with cheaper prices. Due to the economic growth in China and its market orientation

First I examine how EU institutions promote linkage and leverage with the West with the newest members in Eastern Europe. In particular, I examine the role of EU policies and initiatives in promoting Western 1) linkage by guaranteeing security and 2) leverage through conflict resolution in Eastern Europe, since those are the two main issue areas that enabled Western presence and cooperation in the region. The predominant impression is that the majority of Europeans still favor defense from outside from structures like NATO; therefore, NATO is a significant source of linkage and leverage with the West in Eastern Europe.

While early EU history is marked by efforts to abridge political and economic gaps between formal enemies, recent EU enlargement is a one of tensions between established and new member interests and broader interests of the organization itself. In recent decades, the most prominent issue of EU integration is the ongoing discussion in established member states on expansion prospects. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War opened the possibility for immense political and economic transformation for Eastern European states. The result of this transformation brought the unprecedented possibility for many post-communist states to join the EU. This possibility, however, is met with hostility on domestic level in some of the

Commonly eclipsed in the public mindset by the zenith of the emerging markets, BRICS and especially China, U.S. investment in the Eurozone is actually three times greater than in the whole of Asia, and the EU investment in the U.S. is an overwhelming eight times greater than that in India and China combined! The U.S. and EU, aside from the historic legacy of geopolitical cooperation, are the largest trading partners of most other countries in the world and represent a third of world trade flows.

The Iraqi war for instance could show the positive aspect of the EU soft power that overcame the US in fighting terrorism. However, EU soft power if facing many challenges due to economic and military powers that transferred the EU into a neutral and weak security actor that cannot play an influential role in the conflicts. This weak presence of the EU soft power can be realised in the Afghanistan conflict and Ukraine crisis. Another reason for the weakness of EU’s soft power is the fact that the formation of the EU based more on economic reasons rather than political values. It is true that the EU through its communities as the European Political Cooperation ( EPC) has strengthen its foreign policy, but it was only after the Cold War and the setup of European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) when the EU’s foreign policy has really become influential and a resource of its soft power. Although that the EU has been strongly presented in some international conflicts as the Ache/Indonesian conflict in 2005, it did not gain any political presence as a powerful actor. This weak presence of the EU soft power can be realised in the Afghanistan conflict and Ukraine crisis. During the Afghanistan conflict, EU faced the challenge of how to make changes and to appear as a powerful actor that can lead as the US.

Modern leadership and new generation of regional countries have started to write a new page where history will remain on calendar of security archives. During the last decade of 20th century and first decade of 21st century a new era of political pluralism, free market economy, human rights, respect of national minorities’ rights and cooperation on interest of peace and regional stability has started to flow. The region has entered in a new era of cooperation in the spirit of democracy, however; the overall spirit will be accompanied with barriers and

Engage the United States in the Asia-Pacific region through a network of treaty alliances and regional trade and security forums. To promote further cooperative engagement from both United States and China with other regional players through out the Asia-Pacific (White 2011 pg. 81).

There is an ever widening range of issues on which dialogue and cooperation between the EU and Japan is required. Be it a global issue such as UN reform, disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation or a regional problem like the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina, development of nuclear capability in North Korea, and the Middle East peace process, the world's major challenges all merit from the cooperation of prosperous democracies. In July 1991, the EU and Japan announced the "Joint Declaration on Relations between the European Community and

The Asia pacific economic corporation was established in 1989 for growing linkage of Asia-pacific economies and consider the local economic blocs. This corporation for promoting economic growth, cooperation, trade, and investment in the Asia pacific region. Its work concentrates basically on taxes, non-duty measures, administrations, deregulation, debate intervention, Uruguay Round usage, speculation, traditions methodology, norms and conformance, versatility of representatives, licensed innovation rights, rivalry strategy, government acquisition and standards of starting point. Setting up members include Australia, Brunei, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States. APEC works forward higher standard of living and advanced education through feasible economic growth. APEC includes all major economies of the region and the most progressive rapidly growing economies in the world. APEC is the main bury legislative gathering on the planet working on the premise of non-tying duties, open dialog and equivalent appreciation for the perspectives of all members. Not at all like the WTO or other multilateral exchange bodies, has APEC had no settlement commitments required of its members. Choices made APEC are come to by accord and responsibilities are embraced on an intentional premise. APEC’s twenty one member economies had combined gross domestic product over us sixteen trillion in 1988 and 42

The ESS has recognized regional stability as a top priority for the EU. Conflicts in the Balkans, the persistent threat of war between Israel and Palestine, cultural revolutions along the Mediterranean’s southern shores, and fierce conflicts along the EU’s border all play an integral role in the

This section contains a summary of project “A roadmap for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) based on the EU model: Potential scenarios for Vietnam after AEC’s establishment”. Seeing the fast growing pace of ASEAN economy in the past years, AEC is a crucial step for the further economic development in the region. With the use of primary and secondary resources, this research project examines the clear roadmap for the development of ASEAN Economic Community based on the development of European Union model. Moreover, this research examines some possible scenario for Vietnam and specific benefit that the members got from the establishment of the community. By finding the potential scenario for Vietnam’s market position in AEC could help the Vietnamese government to boost the economic development and

This landmark agreement defined the group’s development and organizational initiatives from its inception until its current ten member states’ configuration. ASEAN adopted the principles of consensus decision-making and flexibility, which is an indirect pledge of non-aggression and good faith. Since then, ASEAN’s negotiations were carried out on the basis of accommodating every member state’s position as much as possible. There is always the use of constant consultations and discussions until a viable consensus is reached. This seems to have worked to bolster relations internally and somehow preserve each participant’s sovereignty. It was also during this time that ASEAN declared the group's pursuit of political stability and economic prosperity through the ASEAN Concord. It was supported by establishing a secretariat to further consolidate its achievements and expand cooperation in economic, social, cultural and political fields.