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Introduction: A Historic Overview

by Patrick Ziegenhain

With this booklet, the Asia-Europe Institute (AEI) aims to provide a well-

structured academic overview of the most important issues of EU-ASEAN
relations. We are thankful for the financial support given by the Konrad

Adenauer Foundation, Malaysia, whom are sponsors of this publication.

The aim of this text is to provide up-to-date information on the EU-ASEAN

dialogue. Despite being of an academic background, the text in this booklet

shall be readable for the general public and the limited size of the articles is
intended to allow readers to get a quick impression of the most significant

aspects. The specific value of this publication is that it includes the Malaysian
perspective.

In this chapter, a historic overview of the EU-ASEAN relationship will provide
initial and basic insights on the topic. Next, in Chapter 2, the economic

dimension of the relationship between the two regions is dealt with, as written
by Fumitaka Furuoka, Beatrice Lim and Rostika Petrus Boroh. Following on,

Chapter 3 as written by Patrick Ziegenhain, and Chapter 4, which is written by

Sameer Kumar, shall then portray the political and the socio-cultural
cooperation respectively. In Chapter 5, as written by Azirah Hashim and Yee

Chee Leong, an analysis of the collaboration between ASEAN and the EU in
Higher Education is covered. Finally, Patrick Ziegenhain will provide a short

summary combined with a look ahead to the near future of the EU-ASEAN
relations

The first official dialogue between the then European Community (EC) that
was represented by the European Commission and ASEAN, represented by its

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