ASEAN-EU relations: from regional integration assistance to security significance?

Abstract: The Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held their annual summit from 17 to 18 November 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. European Union (EU) decision-makers have paid relatively little attention to the ASEAN region despite entering into a series of important agreements with ASEAN as a whole and with individual ASEAN member states: In July 2012 the EU entered into the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), an important regulatory framework for the region. In October 2012, it finished negotiating a partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA) with Vietnam, and in December of the same year, it signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore. But despite these milestones, the EU generally has played a minor role in the region. To participate in Southeast Asia’s economic dynamism, the EU must make clear its importance to the region – above and beyond trade. The ASEAN Charter of 2007 brought ASEAN’s institutional structures more in lin

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 8 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; nicht begutachtet

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: GIGA Focus International Edition ; Bd. 3

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Hamburg
• (wann): 2013
• Urheber: Jetschke, Anja ; Portela, Clara
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-337793
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:27 MESZ