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The EU-Asia project aims to enhance education, while contributing to the academic and policy debates on the international politics and economics of the Asia-Pacific writ large.
The EU-Asia project is an ambitious research and educational endeavour located at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSC), European University Institute (EUI). Its core objectives are to enhance education while contributing to the academic and policy debates on the international politics and economics of the Asia-Pacific writ large. The project provides a vibrant forum for mutual learning between Europe and the Indo-Pacific, with particular attention to relations between Europe and Japan.
As the so-called Indo-Pacific occupies an increasingly important place in EU policy, the project brings invaluable regional expertise to the EUI’s flagship Global Governance Programme (GGP), in turn facilitating policy dialogue with the EU. The EU-Asia research project is part of the ‘Europe in the World’ pillar of the GGP.
The project has three strands:
Education,
Research, and
Policy engagement.
The project leaders are responsible for implementing a consistent academic programme on EU-Asia affairs; delivering courses at Master’s level in the School of Transnational Governance (STG) and doctoral and post-doctoral seminars in the GGP; developing and leading academic and policy research in EU-Asia relations; promoting the integration of research with other research fields within the Schuman Centre; and maintaining a high national and international profile through publications in books and internationally recognised journals. The project ensures the fulfilment of high scientific standards and the outstanding quality of all these activities.
Activities of the EU-Asia project:
Development and delivery of courses on the Asia Pacific writ large, and EU-Asia relations
Policy-oriented research including dialogue with the world of practice
Fund-raising for additional EU-Asia related activities
Collaboration with other centres of research excellence
Collaboration with members of the academic community at the RSC and the EUI at large
Create an environment for EU-Asia studies at the EUI, including a fellows and visitors programme for Japanese and other Asian scholars
Political leadership and civil servants in Japan and the UK | Yukiko Fujita & Yu Uchiyama
Watch a short interview with Yukiko Fujita and Yu Uchiyama, speakers at the seminar on 'Political leadership and civil servants in Japan and the UK', held in Florence on 30 June 2023.
Japan’s new security strategy | EU-Asia Annual Conference 2023
The 2023 annual conference of the EU-Asia Project at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, explored the future of national security in the era of geopolitical conflicts.
'The EU, Japan and a fraying international order' conference, held in 22-23 March 2021, explored the EU and Japan’s international relations in an age of great power competition.