Written by Marcin Grajewski,

The heads of state or government of 51 countries will gather in Brussels on 18 and 19 October for the 12th Europe-Asia summit (ASEM) to discuss closer relations and global challenges. The meeting will focus in particular on trade and investment, connectivity, sustainable development, and climate and security challenges. The EU attaches growing importance to relations with Asian countries as the region’s economic and political weight increases and as US trade policy is increasingly unpredictable.
This note offers links to selected recent commentaries, studies and reports from major international think-tanks on EU-Asian relations, the situation in the region and some of its countries. The publication does not cover issues related to China, which were the topic of one of the previous editions in the series.
EU-Asia
How Asia and Europe should really be working together
Friends of Europe, October 2018
To counter extremism, Asia and Europe can empower women and increase their participation
Friends of Europe, October 2018
ASEM has a role to play in improved Asia-Europe cooperation on security
Friends of Europe, September 2018
Japan-EU EPA moving towards ratification: Its significance and prospects
Japan Institute of International Affairs, July 2018
European Union-Asia multilateral cooperation in financial services
Centre for European Policy Studies, June 2018
Prevention better than cure: The EU’s quiet diplomacy in Asia
European Union Institute for Security Studies, June 2018
Digital trade in Europe and Central Asia
Asian Development Bank Institute, June 2018
Reinvigorating market momentum and inclusive economies in Europe and Eurasia
German Marshall Fund, June 2018
The new EU strategy for Central Asia: A case for cultural diplomacy
Institute for European Studies, May 2018
Europe’s pivot to Central Asia
Royal United Services Institute, May 2018
Health diplomacy of the European Union and its member states in Central Asia
Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, April 2018
Europe and South-East Asia: An Exercise in diplomatic patience
European Centre for International Political Economy, April 2018
Budding ties? The impact of Brexit on Europe-Japan relations
Japan Institute of International Affairs, April 2018
Macron’s passage to India: A missed opportunity for Europe
European Council on Foreign Relations, March 2018
Assessing the effectiveness of the EU’s and Russia’s cultural diplomacy towards Central Asia
Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, February 2018
Reimagining Europe’s partnerships with India and Japan: A new trilateral?
Clingendael, Febraury 2018
Security and foreign relations
The future of the Quad is in Southeast Asia
International Institute for Strategic Studies, September 2018
Conflict zone Asia-Pacific
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, June 2018
France and Central Asia: Time for a new vision?
Centre international de formation européenne, June 2018
Reinvigorating market momentum and inclusive economies in Europe and Eurasia
German Marshall Fund, June 2018
Twenty years into nuclear South Asia: Pathways to stability
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, June 2018
The sun rises in the East: Asia’s increasing influence in Africa
Observer Research Foundation, May 2018
Uzbekistan: A new model for reform in the Muslim world?
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program, May 2018
2018 en Asie: La démocratie à l’épreuve
Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques, May 2018
Turkey: Towards a Eurasian shift?
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, April 2018
Cooperation in Eurasia: Linking identity, security, and development
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, April 2018
Ce que nous dit le Boao Forum sur les plans de la Chine pour l’Asie
Institut Thomas More, April 2018
Russian-Chinese relations in Eurasia: Harmonization or subordination?
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, April 2018
Getting out from “in-between”: Perspectives on the regional order in post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia
Rand Europe, March 2018
Regionalism à la ASEAN: Past achievements and current challenges
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, March 2018
Southeast Asia seeks new partners in the era of “America First”
Council on Foreign Relations, March 2018
Regards sur l’Eurasie : L’année politique 2017
Centre d’études et de recherches internationales, February 2018
Cooperation and competition: Russia and China in Central Asia, the Russian Far East, and the Arctic
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 2018
Is Southeast Asia really in an arms race?
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, East Asia Forum, February 2018
Taiwan’s role in East Asian security: Overlooked actor in a pivotal position
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, February 2018
Taiwan als Demokratievorbild in Asien
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, February 2018
India: The Modi factor
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, February 2018
Abe’s diplomacy at a crucial moment
Japan Institute of International Affairs, February 2018
Global security challenges and Japan’s national security thinking: Room to cooperate with the EU?
Istituto Affari Internazionali, February 2018
Indiens Antwort auf die chinesische Seidenstraßeninitiative
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, January 2018
Economy and trade
Strengthening maritime cooperation and security in the Indian Ocean
International Institute for Strategic Studies, September 2018
ASEAN as the architect for regional development cooperation
The Asia Foundation, September 2018
ASEM open and fair trade area: From vision to reality
Friends of Europe, September 2018
An Asia super grid would be a boon for clean energy, if it gets built
Council on Foreign Relations, September 2018
China-India-Japan in the Indo-Pacific: Ideas, interests and infrastructure
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, September 2018
Financing and implementing the quality infrastructure agenda
Centre for Strategic and International Studies, September 2018
The roles of Japan and ASEAN in concluding RCEP negotiations
Japan Institute of International Affairs, August 2018
Asia leads the world’s response to protectionism
Peterson Institute for International Economics, July 2018
Could India become an economic superpower?
Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, April 2018
The Asia–Africa growth corridor: Bringing together old partnerships and new initiatives
Observer Research Foundation, April 2018
Of streams of data, thought, and other things: Digitalisation, energy policy, and innovation capacity from an Asian perspective
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, April 2018
Along the road: Sri Lanka’s tale of two ports
European Union Institute for Security Studies, April 2018
Regulating for a digital economy: Understanding the importance of cross-border data flows in Asia
Brookings Institution, March 2018
Fostering green finance for sustainable development in Asia
Asian Development Bank Institute, March 2018
Introducing greening strategies in emerging economies
The Asia Foundation, February 2018
Connecting the dots: Eurasian transport in 2030
Friends of Europe, February 2018
The geopolitics of online taxation in Asia-Pacific: Digitalisation, corporate tax Base and the role of governments
European Centre for International Political Economy, January 2018
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