The Asia-Europe Meeting: Contributing to a New Global Governance Architecture: The Eighth ASEM Summit in Brussels (2010)

The Asia-Europe meeting: contributing to a new global governance architecture -- ASEM 8 summit texts -- The negotiation history -- ASEM 8: the narrative -- ASEM working methods reform: an identity issue -- Perception and ASEM visibility in the European media -- IMF: the road from rescue to reform -- In search of a new global financial architecture: China, the G20 and ASEM -- Banking regulations at a Crossroads -- Asia and Europe: meeting future energy security challenges -- Enhancing maritime security governance: European and Asian naval missions against Somali Piracy -- Bridging Asia and Europe? Australia and New Zealand membership in ASEM -- ASEM's future enlargement: the way forward

The Asia-Europe meeting: contributing to a new global governance architecture -- ASEM 8 summit texts -- The negotiation history -- ASEM 8: the narrative -- ASEM working methods reform: an identity issue -- Perception and ASEM visibility in the European media -- IMF: the road from rescue to reform -- In search of a new global financial architecture: China, the G20 and ASEM -- Banking regulations at a Crossroads -- Asia and Europe: meeting future energy security challenges -- Enhancing maritime security governance: European and Asian naval missions against Somali Piracy -- Bridging Asia and Europe? Australia and New Zealand membership in ASEM -- ASEM's future enlargement: the way forward.

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process was designed in 1996 to bring Asia and Europe closer together. The Asia-Europe Meeting: Contributing to a New Global Governance Architecture focuses on the discussions and results of the eighth ASEM Summit that took place in October 2010 in Brussels. It gives a multifaceted picture of Asia-Europe convergences and disparities and helps to understand how these are dealt with through interregional political dialogue.Renowned academics and observers of Asia-Europe relations provide analysis and essential insights into the advantages and limitations of contemp