Surges and Slumps in Asian Politics

Following the first wave of 2004 elections in Asia this past weekend, one incumbent who gambled on his future appeared to have gained in legitimacy in Malaysia, whereas another appeared to have gambled and cast his legitimacy into doubt in Taiwan.

Lamy, Solana Detail EU Positions in China

Maintaining the momentum of high-level European contacts with China on both the political and economic levels, the European Union officials charged with both trade and foreign and security made scheduled but timely visit to Beijing in mid-March to explain European policy and grapple with emerging problem areas.

by Dr. Paul Lim

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the dialogue process which started in Bangkok in 1996 will be eight years old this March. It is a ‘forum’, as opposed to being a ‘grouping’, like the Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Booming Indian Economy Attracts Contacts

Giving support to widespread belief that Asia’s largest and most populated countries have become major engines of economic growth, a number of senior European leaders flocked to India in recent weeks to raise their countries’ profiles in that surging market.