BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2024//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2024 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240919T035500 UID:euroseas-2024-southeast-asia-s-contemporary-relations-with-europe-politics-security-economics-and-civil-society-1 SUMMARY:Southeast Asia’s Contemporary Relations with Europe: Politics, Security, Economics, and Civil Society (1) LOCATION:REC A2.10 DESCRIPTION:The objective of this panel (double session) is to examine Sout heast Asia’s contemporary relations with Europe, discussing opportunities a nd challenges that arise in the areas of politics, security, economics, and civil society. The panel addresses both the relations between the Associat ion of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) as well as those between individual countries and societies in Southeast Asia and E urope. All in all, the Southeast Asian-European relations are close and ins titutionalized – ASEAN and the EU share a strategic partnership since 2020. Especially the economic ties became stronger in the last years, as Europea n trade with Southeast Asia and European investments in the region increase d considerably. In its Indo-Pacific strategy, published in 2021, the EU str ongly endorses the regional centrality of ASEAN in Southeast Asia and the I ndo-Pacific region. Conversely, most Southeast Asian governments and citize ns have a very positive perception of the EU, highlighting the EU’s diploma tic support for regional governance, its normative power and its economic s trength. \n\nThe first session of this panel will focus on strategic and se curity relations between Southeast Asia and Europe. It will start with a co mparison of the strategic approaches of the EU and Italy to Southeast Asia, emphasizing the respective security collaboration. The second presentation investigates why ASEAN and the EU view each other as strategic partners an d how the EU’s contributions to peace and stability in Southeast Asia are p erceived in the region itself. The following case study analyzes the EU’s p olitical-diplomatic support for ASEAN in its attempt to maintain the rules- based order in the South China Sea. More specifically, it assesses the secu rity and defense cooperation of the EU and selected member states with the Philippines. The fourth presentation will show why Russia’s war again st Ukraine has increased Myanmar’s strategic importance for Moscow, w hile clearly outlining the obstacles to further deepening bilateral relatio ns. \n\nThe second session examines economic cooperation between Southeast Asia and Europe. The first two presentations analyze how normative issues, notably human, social, and environmental rights, evolved since the 1970s in the EU-ASEAN economic collaboration. Particular attention will be paid to the negotiations of free trade agreements between Brussels and its Southeas t Asian partners. The last two presentations focus on Indonesia, an increas ingly important economic actor. The third presentation utilizes the concept of ‘weaponized independence’ to examine Indonesia’s strategy to leverage i ts geographic position and economic assets to promote its national interest s as well as regional stability amidst the complex regional dynamics. It ou tlines why the EU could thereby become a pivotal strategic partner for Jaka rta. The fourth presentation highlights how strongly Indonesia is embedded in the regional and global supply chains. Examining Indonesia’s trade depen dencies on other ASEAN and East Asian nations, it uses a comparative analys is of supply chain integration in Central Eastern Europe. Drawing on the Eu ropean experience, the paper concludes by assessing the policy instruments available to Indonesia to calibrate its economic relations with countries w ith which it has close supply chain links. URL:https://euroseas2024.org/panels/southeast-asia-s-contemporary-relations-with-europe-politics-security-economics-and-civil-society DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240723T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240723T110000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240919T035500 UID:euroseas-2024-southeast-asia-s-contemporary-relations-with-europe-politics-security-economics-and-civil-society-2 SUMMARY:Southeast Asia’s Contemporary Relations with Europe: Politics, Security, Economics, and Civil Society (2) LOCATION:REC A2.10 DESCRIPTION:The objective of this panel (double session) is to examine Sout heast Asia’s contemporary relations with Europe, discussing opportunities a nd challenges that arise in the areas of politics, security, economics, and civil society. The panel addresses both the relations between the Associat ion of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) as well as those between individual countries and societies in Southeast Asia and E urope. All in all, the Southeast Asian-European relations are close and ins titutionalized – ASEAN and the EU share a strategic partnership since 2020. Especially the economic ties became stronger in the last years, as Europea n trade with Southeast Asia and European investments in the region increase d considerably. In its Indo-Pacific strategy, published in 2021, the EU str ongly endorses the regional centrality of ASEAN in Southeast Asia and the I ndo-Pacific region. Conversely, most Southeast Asian governments and citize ns have a very positive perception of the EU, highlighting the EU’s diploma tic support for regional governance, its normative power and its economic s trength. \n\nThe first session of this panel will focus on strategic and se curity relations between Southeast Asia and Europe. It will start with a co mparison of the strategic approaches of the EU and Italy to Southeast Asia, emphasizing the respective security collaboration. The second presentation investigates why ASEAN and the EU view each other as strategic partners an d how the EU’s contributions to peace and stability in Southeast Asia are p erceived in the region itself. The following case study analyzes the EU’s p olitical-diplomatic support for ASEAN in its attempt to maintain the rules- based order in the South China Sea. More specifically, it assesses the secu rity and defense cooperation of the EU and selected member states with the Philippines. The fourth presentation will show why Russia’s war again st Ukraine has increased Myanmar’s strategic importance for Moscow, w hile clearly outlining the obstacles to further deepening bilateral relatio ns. \n\nThe second session examines economic cooperation between Southeast Asia and Europe. The first two presentations analyze how normative issues, notably human, social, and environmental rights, evolved since the 1970s in the EU-ASEAN economic collaboration. Particular attention will be paid to the negotiations of free trade agreements between Brussels and its Southeas t Asian partners. The last two presentations focus on Indonesia, an increas ingly important economic actor. The third presentation utilizes the concept of ‘weaponized independence’ to examine Indonesia’s strategy to leverage i ts geographic position and economic assets to promote its national interest s as well as regional stability amidst the complex regional dynamics. It ou tlines why the EU could thereby become a pivotal strategic partner for Jaka rta. The fourth presentation highlights how strongly Indonesia is embedded in the regional and global supply chains. Examining Indonesia’s trade depen dencies on other ASEAN and East Asian nations, it uses a comparative analys is of supply chain integration in Central Eastern Europe. Drawing on the Eu ropean experience, the paper concludes by assessing the policy instruments available to Indonesia to calibrate its economic relations with countries w ith which it has close supply chain links. URL:https://euroseas2024.org/panels/southeast-asia-s-contemporary-relations-with-europe-politics-security-economics-and-civil-society DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240723T113000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240723T130000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR