This book is the first to make the point on the different aspects of the relations between Europe and East Asia, with a special focus on Korea. The approach favours multidisciplinarity by analyzing topics from different angles : history, economy and politics.
PREFACE 9
THE EDITORS 10
INTRODUCTION 13
Part I – Europe, East Asia and South Korea: A Reciprocal View
THE EUROPEAN UNION, EAST ASIA, AND SOUTH KOREA 19
KOREAN PERCEPTION OF EUROPE 33
Part II – ASEM and Beyond
ECONOMIC PROFILES IN THE ASEM PROCESS: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD 47
RESTRUCTURING THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY: KEY TO OVERCOME THE 1997 ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND TO ENHANCE HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE NORTH 65
GLOBALIZATION AND ASIA: WILL JAPAN LEAD ASIA? 87
Part III – Peace Building in the Korean Peninsula
SECURITY ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE AND EAST ASIA 103
THE ASIAN SECURITY COMPLEX AND SOUTH KOREA'S SECURITY IDENTITY 115
THE KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS: KOREAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES 123
Conclusion
A PROPOSAL FOR FUTURE RELATIONSHIP: THE EU AND KOREA 149