Toavoidarepeatofthosenationalistnightmares,acommonEuropeanDreamemergedafterWWII,whichhassincedevelopedintosomeessentialdoctrinesofEuropeanintegration.Thisdream-inspiredinstitutionalistcontexthasframedintergovernmentalbargaining,sectoralspilloversandtransnationalcooperationinEuropeanintegration.ThepowerfulEuropeanDreamhasevenencouragedEuropeanstowardcloserintegration,thoughtheywere,quiteoften,veryreluctanttogofurther.Thisdream-drivenapproachandreluctantrunner’smodelhavehighlightedsomefundamentalrealitiesofEuropeanintegration,extremelyinspiringforthefutureoftheEUandtheongoingAsianregionalism.
Thisbookconsistsofthreepartsandthirteenchapters.ItaimstoexplainEuropeanintegration,theEU’sroleinglobalgovernanceandtheEU’simpactuponAsianregionalismwiththehelpoftheEuropeanDreamapproachandreluctantrunners’model.Trump’sunilateralism,therisingtensionsbetweentheUSandPRCandtheCOVID-19pandemicmaybeaturningpointforworldpolitics.Bothglobalizationandglobalgovernancehaveconsequentlysloweddown,givingplacetoregionalismandinter-regionalism.ThisbookhopestocontributetotherisingdebateoverEuropeanintegration,AsianregionalismandEU-Asianinter-regionalism.
LESSONS INTEGRATION DREAM EUROPEAN MODEL