Interregionalism or merely a fourth-level game? an examination of the EU-ASEAN relationship

East Asia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-77

  Camroux, David ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

ASEAN; EU as global actor; Four level games; Interregionalism

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; BARGAINING; BILATERAL AGREEMENT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; REGIONALISM;

EID: 77953480396     PISSN: 10966838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12140-009-9096-x     Document Type: Article

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