"This work takes as its focus a selection of the key political and other (for example cultural, legal, economic and social) questions which currently confront Europe. These questions are addressed on three levels: first at the level of the major institutions which straddle large parts of Europe - NATO, the OSCE and the EU; second from the perspective of a large sample of European countries, including parts of the former Soviet Union; and ..."
European Studies in Asia(1st Edition) Contours of a Discipline (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series) by GeorgWiessala Hardcover, 306 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-64219-4, ISBN: 0-415-64219-1
"As countries across Asia continue to rise and become more assertive global powers, the role that Higher Education has played, and continues to play, in this process is an issue of growing pertinence. Furthermore, understanding the relationship between Europe and Asia fostered by historical and contemporary knowledge transfer, including Higher Education, is crucial to analysing and encouraging the progress of both regional integration an ..."
"This book examines the ideas of knowledge-transfer and higher education exchange in the relationship between the European Union and countries, regions, universities and think-tanks across Asia. It critically investigates some discourses of particular relevance to the cognitive framework of the academic discipline of ‘European Studies’, as currently taught across a number of countries in the Asia Pacific. For this purpose, this book pres ..."
Re-orienting the Fundamentals(Updated) Human Rights, and New Connections in Eu-asia Relations by GeorgWiessala Hardcover, 183 Pages, Published 2006 by Ashgate Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-4363-0, ISBN: 0-7546-4363-8
"Offering an investigation of the ways in which matters of human rights give shape to the European Union's interaction with Asia, this volume argues for the consideration of selected social-constructivist perspectives with regard to the Asia-EU dialogue. It puts into context the function of ideas, identities, values, norms and human rights. Through a number of country-specific and regional case studies, the text examines both the 'enabli ..."
The European Union and Asian Countries(1st Edition) (Contemporary European Studies) by GeorgWiessala Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2002 by Bloomsbury T&T Clark ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-6090-5, ISBN: 0-8264-6090-9
"The relationship between Europe and Asia is of increasing importance in the twenty-first century. The challenges straddling the two continents include immigration, poverty, environmental degradation, terrorism, drugs, nuclear proliferation and internecine strife. This book explores the significance of Asia for Europe in general and the EU in particular, calling for a much more sophisticated mutual understanding. George Wiessala analyses ..."