THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA:WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN? -- THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA:WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN? -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- COMPARING PROCESSES OF REGIONALINTEGRATION: EUROPEAN 'LESSONS' ANDNORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- I. 'REGIONS' IN THE POLITICALSCIENCE LITERATURE -- II. 'LESSONS' TO BE LEARNED AND (CAUTIOUSLY)TRANSFERRED FROM EUROPE5 -- III. NORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONSON EUROPEAN 'LESSONS' -- IV. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONSAND POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS -- REFERENCES -- FRANCO-GERMAN RECONCILIATION AND ITSIMPACT ON CHINA AND JAPAN:SCHOLARLY DEBATE* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMUNICATIVE ACTION IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- SCHOLARLY DEBATE ON FRANCO-GERMANRECONCILIATION IN CHINA AND JAPAN -- A COMMUNICATIVE PLATFORM BETWEENCHINA AND JAPAN? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- WHAT ROLE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION INASIA? AN ANALYSIS OF THE EU'S ASIASTRATEGY AND THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCEOF EU-CHINA RELATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGYIN THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD: THE SIGNIFICANCEOF THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY:THE EMERGENCE OF A SECURITY DIMENSION -- THE EU'S RESPONSE TO CHINA'S RISE:FROM CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENTTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP -- EU-CHINA SPACE AND SATELLITENAVIGATION COOPERATION -- THE PROPOSAL TO LIFT -- ENMESHING INTO EAST ASIA'S STRATEGIC BALANCE -- CONCLUSION:WHAT ROLE FOR THE EU IN ASIA? -- REFERENCES -- RIDING THE ASIAN TIGER?HOW THE EU ENGAGED CHINA SINCE THEEND OF THE COLD WAR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Why Is China so Important for the EU as a Global Player? -- Aim of the Chapter and Contribution to the Literature -- THE THEORETICAL CONSTRUCT OF'BENIGN WILSONIANISM' -- CHINA AS A CASE STUDY -- The Push for Political and Social Reforms -- Human Rights -- Economic Dimension.

CHINA IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF POWERS -- Convergence of EU and Chinese Strategic Values and Norms? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 'EXPECTATIONS DEFICIT' IN EU-JAPANRELATIONS: WHY THE RELATIONSHIPCANNOT FLOURISH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS EXPECTATIONS DEFICIT? -- THE STRUCTURE THAT GENERATES EXPECTATIONSDEFICIT IN EU-JAPAN RELATIONS -- 1. Japan's Focus on the US and Asia -- 2. Japan's Lack of Understanding andPreference for Bilateral Relations -- 3. Europe's Indifference to Japan and Different Principles? -- 4. Complexity and Failures of the EU, and Different Interests? -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- TRADING SECURITY IN ALLIANCES:JAPANESE AND GERMAN SECURITY POLICYIN THE NEW MILLENNIUM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. A NEW EXPLANATION FOR GERMAN AND JAPANESESECURITY AND ALLIANCE POLICIES -- 2. GERMANY AS SECURITY IMPORTER ANDBURDEN-SHARER -- 3. JAPANESE SECURITY IMPORT AND TRANSPACIFICBURDEN SHARING -- 4. GERMAN SECURITY ANDALLIANCE POLICIES TRANSFORMED -- 5. CONTINUITY IN JAPANESE SECURITY-AND ALLIANCE POLICIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TOWARDS A COMMON EUROPEAN POLICYON CHINA?1 ECONOMIC, DIPLOMATIC ANDHUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS SINCE 1985 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Europeanization -- China as a Case Study -- I. ECONOMIC RELATIONS -- Playing the European Card -- II. POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC RELATIONS -- Silent Diplomacy and Constructive Engagement -- III. HUMAN RIGHTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, DELIBERATION, ANDREGIONAL IDENTIFICATION: EUROPEANCONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN COMPARATIVEPERSPECTIVES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOME BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ON THEDELIBERATIVE APPROACH -- Deliberation: A Dichotomy between Liberaland Republican Democracy -- Deliberation and Regional Identification:Theorizing the EU Experience -- Deliberation (or Quasi-Deliberation) under Real-WorldConstraints: Necessity and Limits.

THE CASE OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION -- THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION4 -- The Text of the Treaty Establishing a Constitutionfor Europe (TeCE) -- The Turbulent Ratification Process -- The Aftermath of the Vetoes -- EAST ASIAN COOPERATION9IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- The Relevance of the European Experience -- Some Negative Factors against DeliberativeDemocracy in East Asia -- The Spillover Pressures for Public Participationin Regional Policy-Making -- Some Positive Elements for Deliberation in East Asia -- Second Track Mechanism and Citizens'Involvement in Regional Agenda Setting -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY ANDFEDERALISM - PART OF THE PROBLEM ORPART OF THE SOLUTION?SECURING STABILITY IN THE EUROPEANUNION AND THE PEOPLE'SREPUBLIC OF CHINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ON FEDERALISM -- Federal and Confederal Elements in the EU -- Decentralising Elements in the People's Republic of China -- Why OPT for Federal Solutions? -- 2. CHALLENGES OF INSTABILITY -- Preventing Centralization -- Subsidiarity -- Increased Trust in the Overarching Loyalty of Others -- Preventing Secession -- 3. DEMOCRACY -- Features of Democratic Rule -- The Roles of Party Competition -- Addressing the Risk of Majority Tyranny -- 4. HUMAN RIGHTS -- A Note on Confucianism and Human Rights -- 5. DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTSFUELLING CALLS FOR SECESSION? -- 6. DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTSQUELLING CALLS FOR SECESSION -- Democratic Control over Constitutional Change -- Human Rights-Respecting Centre Enhances Loyalty -- Interlocking Democratic Federal Arrangements -- Human Rights Requirements Imposed onAny Future Independent State -- 7. CONCLUSION: SOME LESSONS -- Implications for the EU and for the People's Republic of China -- REFERENCES -- IDENTITY CHANGE AND THEEMERGENCE OF REGIONALISM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ABOUT REGIONAL IDENTITY.

MAIN APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OFREGIONAL IDENTITY -- THE GAPS -- EMERGING COLLECTIVE IDENTITY:AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- Two Dimensions of Identity -- Change of Identity and Crisis -- Collective Social Learning -- CASES -- Normative Beliefs and Practices -- Relational Content -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.