Evangelos Fanoulis
Search for other papers by Evangelos Fanoulis in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
The European Union’s approach to human security
Lessons from the Asia-Pacific
Abstract only
Log-in for full text

The debate on the EU’s ‘actorness’ has continued over two decades. Related research questions have primarily focused on whether the EU acts as one in the world and whether it does so effectively. Corresponding empirical investigations have analysed the EU’s presence in its neighbourhood, its relations with international and regional organisations and its partnerships with powerful nation-states such as the US, Russia and China. We have little knowledge, however, of the role and presence of the EU in sub-systems of the international system, in which the EU and its member states have not, at first glance at least, immediate interests. In this chapter we examine whether the EU is a human security provider in the Asia-Pacific region. The first section briefly presents the concept of human security and how it has been perceived in EU circles. The second section provides a systematic empirical analysis of the methods used by the EU to offer human security in the Asia-Pacific. Foreign policy instruments, development, trade, humanitarian aid, global health and environmental instruments are assessed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how the EU’s presence in the Asia-Pacific as a human security provider may inform the debate around its actorness.

  • Collapse
  • Expand

All of MUP's digital content including Open Access books and journals is now available on manchesterhive.

 

The European Union in the Asia-Pacific

Rethinking Europe’s strategies and policies

Metrics

All Time Past Year Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 410 102 12
Full Text Views 42 28 0
PDF Downloads 27 15 0