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WESTERN EUROPE AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA Also by Giuseppe Schiavone and published by Palgrave Macmillan INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS: A Dictionary and Directory THE INSTITUTIONS OF COMECON EAST-WEST RELATIONS: Prospects for the 1980s (editor) Western Europe and South-East Asia Co-operation or Competition? Edited by Giuseppe Schiavone M MACMILLAN ISBN 978-1-349-10264-8 ISBN 978-1-349-10262-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-10262-4 Scl<.:tion and editorial matter ©Alice Landau and Richard G. Whitman 1997 Text © Macmillan Press Ltd 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997 978-0-333-46703-9 All rights rese1ved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 'Ibttenham Court Road, London W1P OLP. Any person who docs any unauthorised a<.:t in relation to this publication may he liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-333-66125-3 A catalogue record for this hook is available from the British Library. This hook is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Transferred to digital printing 1999 Contents List of the Contributors vii Foreword by Edoardo Martino ix 1 Western Europe and South-East Asia: Partners in a Pacific Age? Giuseppe Schiavone 1 2 The Importance of the EC for South-East Asia: the ASEAN Perspective Phan Wannamethee 20 3 The Importance of ASEAN to Western Europe Vincenzo Tornetta 39 4 Western European Security and the Role of NATO Franco A. Casadio 50 5 Regional Security: Problems and Prospects in South- East Asia Lau Teik Soon 61 6 The Relations with ASEAN as a 'Model' of a European Foreign Policy? Elfriede Regelsberger 75 7 EC-ASEAN in the Context of Inter-regional Co- operation Andreas Lukas 94 8 EC-ASEAN Trade and Industrial Co-operation: the Pros and Cons Rolando Valiani 113 9 The Link between Trade with and Investment in ASEAN Countries: Lessons for EC Suppliers and Pol- icymakers Rolf J. Langhammer 118 v vi Contents 10 Science and Technology in ASEAN Countries: an Agenda for Trade and Growth Florian Alburo and W. Colozo 134 11 ASEAN Relations with Japan Kamal Salih 145 12 The Japanese Economy in the 1980s and its Relations with ASEAN Noboru Hamaguchi 159 13 China-EC Economic Relations: Experience and Pros- pects Edward K. Y. Chen 174 14 ASEAN Relations with the United States: Develop- ments in the 1980s Djisman S. Simandjuntak 197 15 EC-ASEAN Interaction and Collaboration in a Multi- lateral Framework: the Economic Aspects Mohamed Ariff 217 16 Interaction and Collaboration of the EC and ASEAN in the UN System and International Conferences Kusuma Snitwongse 229 17 The Soviet Union in Asia: Conflict and Co-operation Luigi Vittorio Ferraris 259 Index 269 List of the Contributors Florian Alburo, School of Economics, University of the Philippines and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Manila Mohamed Aritf, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Franco A. Casadio, Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS) and Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI), Rome Edward K.Y. Chen, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong W. Colozo, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Manila Luigi Vittorio Ferraris, Ambassador of Italy, Rome Noboru Hamaguchi, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo Rolf J, Langhammer, The Kiel Institute of World Economics, Kiel Lau Teik Soon, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, and Member of Parliament, Republic of Singapore Andreas Lukas, Chamber of Commerce, Augsburg Elfriede Regelsberger, Institute for European Policy, Bonn Kamal Salih, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, Kuala Lumpur Giuseppe Schiavone, Institute of European Studies 'Alcide De Gas- peri', Rome, and University of Catania Djisman S. Simandjuntak, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta vii viii List of the Contributors Kusuma Snitwongse, Institute of Security and International Studies, Bangkok Vincenzo Tornetta, Ambassador of Italy, Rome Rolando Valiani, President, EFIM Holding Group, Rome Phan Wannamethee, Ambassador of Thailand and former Secretary- General of ASEAN, Bangkok Foreword The Institute of European Studies 'Alcide De Gasperi', founded in Rome in 1956 by De Gasperi himself, is a research and teaching institution devoted to the promotion and advancement of studies on multilateral co-operation and integration in Western Europe. In addition to its academic programme, operated within the framework of the Postgraduate School of European Studies, the Institute has been undertaking and promoting research on the basic political and economic issues of the East-West relationship1 and on the external relations of the European Community (EC) with a special emphasis on the dialogue with other regional inter-govern- mental institutions. An economic and commercial co-operation agreement for a renew- able five-year period was signed by the EC with the member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in March 1980, thus paving the way for the development- on several planes- of stronger ties between Western Europe and South-East Asia. The agreement between the EC and ASEAN represents, to my knowl- edge, the first example of an institutionalised link connecting two regional groupings made up, respectively, of highly industrialised and developing countries. Other co-operation agreements have sub- sequently been concluded by the EC or are under negotiation. The failure of repeated efforts to launch North-South negotiations at the global level within the United Nations' framework enhances the significance of inter-regional agreements as possible models for co- operative relations between countries at varying levels of development. Moreover, the strategic location of ASEAN member countries in the Pacific Basin could provide the EC with an easier access to a new development centre for the world economy, should ASEAN decide to take an active role in the formation of a Pacific community. In fact, it has become increasingly fashionable over the past decade to stress the growing economic and technological dynamism of the Asia- Pacific region in contrast with the steady decline of Europe. Be all that as it may, the relationship between the EC and ASEAN appears to be of considerable importance not only for the organisations themselves and their member countries but for major economic powers bordering the Pacific. ix
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