Europe in the New Asia: New Anxieties, New Constructs
1st & 2nd August 2019 • Auditorium, Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The conference brings together an extraordinary group of experts from Europe and the Asian region to review ASEAN-Europe strategic relations across several spheres.
Topics include emerging regional constructs – the new and sometimes competing ways in which the Asian region is today becoming organized, and how these developments compare with the current shaping of Europe. Security challenges facing both Europe and Asia will be examined – and a special session will ask whether the practice of international relations continues to be helpful in analysing the current behaviour of Asian states. Is it time to think about the strengths of non-Western approaches?
Keynote addresses will be given by YB Senator Liew Chin Tong, Deputy Defence Minister of Malaysia; Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor, American University, Washington D.C. and YM Raja Dato' Nushirwan bin Zainal Abidin, Deputy Secretary General (Bilateral Affairs), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia.
Other prominent speakers include Tan Sri Mohamad Jawhar Hassan (Asia-Europe Institute), Alexander Lukin (Moscow State Institute of International Relations), S.D. Muni (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Farish Noor (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies), Sven Biscop (Ghent University & Egmont Institute, Belgium).
Admission is FREE. Please RSVP before 28 July: http://bit.ly/aec2019registration
Contact person:
Dr. Rahul Mishra (rahul@um.edu.my)
Mr. Hakim Nizam (hakim.nizam@rocketmail.com)
Tel: 03-7967 7823
Fax: 03-7954 0799
| 8:00 AM | Registration | |
| 9:00 AM |
Opening Ceremony 9:00 am: Welcoming Remarks 9:10 am: Opening Remarks 9:20 am: Keynote Address |
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| 10:00 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 AM |
Session I: Making sense of international relations: Western and non-Western approaches Keynote Presentation Panelists Moderator |
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| 12:30 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 PM |
Session 2: European and Asian security architecture: current developments Keynote Presentation Introduced by Panelists Moderator |
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| 3:30 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00 PM |
Session 3: Emerging constructs – Belt and Road Initiative, Shanghai Cooperation Organization Panelists Moderator |
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| 6:00 PM | End of program Day 1 |
| 8:00 AM | Registration | |
| 9:30 AM |
Keynote Presentation Introduced by |
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| 10:00 AM | Coffee Break | |
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Session 4: Emerging constructs – Indo-Pacific Panelists Moderator |
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| 12:00 PM |
Closing Review |
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Lunch & End of conference |
Report can be accessed here: https://aei.um.edu.my/asia-europe-conference-2019-report
You may download our complete programme book here:Asia-Europe Conference 2019 Programme Book
22 July 2019
AS geopolitics change rapidly, Malaysia faces new security and defence challenges such as the increasing importance of maritime concerns, great power rivalry between China and the United States and the emergence of non-traditional threats. - By YB Senator Liew Chin Tong, one of the keynote presenter at the Asia-Europe Conference 2019 on 1st and 2nd August 2019 at the Asia-Europe Insitute, University of Malaya.
22 July 2019
WHEN the 34th ASEAN Summit was held in Thailand last month, one of the key documents released was the 'ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific'. It was meant to support ASEAN’s continued effort to remain not only a key player, but also a driving force in the regional architecture. - Article by Dr. Nurliana Kamaruddin for the upcoming Asia-Europe Conference 2019 on 1st and 2nd August 2019 at the Asia-Europe Insitute, University of Malaya.
22 July 2019
A range of Kuala Lumpur-based specialists on international relations - security and foreign policy experts, historians, sociologists, and public policy specialists - gathered at the Asia-Europe Institute on 11 July to discuss recent literature on non-Western approaches to international relations.
24 July 2019
On June 14 and 15, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi met at Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Little known in Southeast Asia, the SCO was created in 2001, and is currently headquartered in Beijing. It is the largest Eurasian-based regional organisation. - Article by Dr Ngeow Chow Bing, one of the panellists at the upcoming Asia-Europe Conference 2019 on 1st and 2nd August 2019
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24 July 2019
An unpredictable US, rising China and revanchist Russia pose serious strategic challenges. - Written by Carl Bildt, former prime minister and foreign minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
24 July 2019
In the United States, Australia, Japan, and India much is being said about the ‘Indo-Pacific.’ Strategic concept, forum, regional community – whatever way the idea is developed, it is increasingly seen as a new manner of thinking about the region, and one that dilutes the predominance of China. - Written by Prof. Anthony Milner and Astanah Abdul Aziz.
24 July 2019
Insights from Muthiah Alagappa - Written by Mercy Kuo and Angie Tang who regularly engage subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into the U.S. rebalance to Asia.
24 July 2019
Upon independence most Asian countries faced numerous political and economic challenges. For a number of reasons economic challenges especially the challenge of growing national economies became the foremost priority of governments. - By Professor Dato’ Dr. Muthiah Alagappa
24 July 2019
The Asia-Europe Institute Occasional Paper series is a record of public lectures delivered at the Institute through the Eminent Persons Lecture Series (EPELS), the Ambassador Lecture Series (ALES) and various public lectures given by visiting professors and other prominent figures particularly from Asia and Europe.
24 July 2019
The nation state is the fundamental building block of domestic and international politics. The power and influence of countries rest not just on material power (economic and military) but also on ideational power, and legitimacy of the nation-state. - By Muthiah Alagappa
25 July 2019
Understanding a complex and dynamic region such as Southeast Asia requires making sense of the lived social and economic realities on the ground level, ...
25 July 2019
ASEAN integration and what the future ASEAN community might look like.
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25 July 2019
In the context of a changing geopolitical landscape, the EU is currently strengthening its security and defence cooperation. Danish Institute for International Studies organised this talk which featured Sven Biscop as on the speakers. Prof Sven Biscop will be one of the panellist at the Asia-Europe Conference 2019.
25 July 2019
THE European Union (EU) is already an enormous investor in Asia and the largest, in fact, in ASEAN. What are its plans to respond to China’s Belt and Road Initiative? - Article by Dr. Rahul Mishra for the upcoming Asia-Europe Conference 2019 on 1st and 2nd August 2019 at the Asia-Europe Insitute, University of Malaya.
25 July 2019
The epic tales of a 16th-century Malay warrior serve as a model of openness to change and different cultures - by Farish A. Noor, one of the panellists at the Asia-Europe Conference 2019.
31 July 2019
The Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) is defined by a Japanese commentator as a policy "to keep the United States in, China down and ASEAN, India and Australia up" in this new geopolitical space. - Written by Dr Paul Gillespie, one of the panellists at the Asia-Europe Conference 2019 on 1st and 2nd August 2019
31 July 2019
We all want our world to be a better place. However, in efforts to eradicate poverty, hunger, disease and all forms of inequality, there is also a need to ensure that we safeguard the planet for future generations. - Written by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sameer Kumar
9 Aug 2019
Written by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fumitaka Furuoka
In this multiplex world order, the rise of two regional giants — China and India — would overshadow inter-regional economic and security agendas in the coming decades. This may disrupt the existing harmonious but rather static inter-regional frameworks, such as the Asia-Europe Meeting (AEM).
13 Aug 2019
World View: EU must judge if its interests are aligned with those of US, Japan and India — Written by Dr Paul Gillespie, one of our distinguished speakers at the Asia-Europe Conference earlier this month, published by The Irish Times.
13 Aug 2019
Article by Prof. Amitav Acharya (American University)
After more than a year of deliberation, ASEAN adopted the ‘ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific’ (‘the Outlook’) on 23 June 2019. The Outlook then got an airing at the ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in Bangkok.
22 Aug 2019
'Citing human rights concerns, the EU is deciding whether to revoke duty-free market access for Cambodia’s exports, even as it tries to boost trade and defence ties with Southeast Asia.' — Dr. Rahul Mishra shared his views in this article published by Southeast Asia Globe.
4 Sep 2019
by Dr. Rahul Mishra
The region welcomes all major international players so long as their approaches and actions are based on a set of transparent rules and norms.
26 Sept 2019
The keynote was delivered at the Asia Europe Conference 2019 organised by Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya on August 2nd, 2019
Last Update: 27/12/2021