Security Nexus Between Europe and East Asia
Project description
Despite geographic distance between them, states in Europe and East Asia have growing connections for their security. Many states in the two regions have formal defense pacts with the United States, and they share concerns about China and Russia’s challenge against the status quo of the international order. I welcome research that sheds light on various links between European and East Asian security. For example, what are the ways in which Europeans and East Asians can cooperate to strengthen U.S. alliance networks after the 2020 U.S. presidential election? What are the convergent and divergent interests of European and East Asian allies of the United States in the post-INF era? How do they see U.S.-China decoupling from national security perspectives as well as economic perspectives? Looking beyond traditional security issues, what are the ways in which Europeans and East Asians have cooperated against the spread of COVID-19? Will their responses to COVID-19 have long-lasting effects on the way these regions cooperate with one another? I am particularly interested in collaborating on projects that focus on relationships between Europe on the one hand and the two Koreas and Japan on the other hand, because VUB is located in the heart of Europe and I specialize in security issues for the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
About the research Group
Institute for European Studies
The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is an academic Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and a policy think tank that focuses on the European Union in an international setting. The Institute advances academic education and research in various disciplines, and provides services to policy-makers, scholars, stakeholders and the general public.
The IES specifically explores EU institutions, policies and law within the context of globalization and global governance, including a focus on the EU in international affairs and institutions. The disciplines applied at the IES include law, social/political sciences, economics and communication sciences, and the Institute’s activities focus on the various ways in which institutions, law and politics intersect with each other in the EU, its member states and at the international level.
Academic work at the IES is organised in clusters, but is also pursued through horizontal activities cutting across them. Currently, there are the following five clusters:
- International Security
- Environment and sustainable development
- Migration, diversity and justice
- European economic governance
- Educational Development