Projects
Agora Asia-Europe
Agora Asia-Europe is a knowledge hub on EU-Asia relations, which connects think-tanks, analysts, policy-makers, opinion leaders and other experts from both regions to discuss ways to add input and guide the EU’s approach towards Asia.
Publications
Factoring in the Indo-Af-Pak triangle
Stability in Afghanistan will remain elusive as long as Afghanistan's neighbours continue their power-jockeying in the country. The EU must involve India and Pakistan in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
An agenda for the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
The second International Nuclear Security Summit hosted by Seoul on the 27-28th March 2012 is an important multilateral forum to discuss a broad range of nuclear security related issues in Asia and beyond.
Maritime security in Asia: what the EU can do
Maritime Security may well be the defining issue for Asia’s geopolitical and security architecture in the twenty-first century but an EU role yet remains conspicuously absent despite considerable interests in the region.
The EU-India summit: on the threshold of change
The EU-India Summit made progress on the bilateral compact of the strategic partnership. More needs to be done for convergence on the multilateral level.
Regional implications of NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan: What role for the EU?
Regional powers will determine the future of Afghanistan post-2014. This policy brief examines the different interests of Afghanistan's neighbours and asks how the EU could encourage them to play a more positive role.
Understanding India
Why does India behave the way she does in foreign affairs? This policy brief puts forth four reasons why and outlines India's role in the new global order.
EU-Asia trade relations: getting through the crisis
Growing concerns over the economic outlook in East Asia threaten the upward trend in EU exports in the absence of policy efforts to conclude new trade accords.
Pakistan's Crisis: What Role for the EU?
This first policy brief of FRIDE’s Agora Asia-Europe initiative suggests how the EU should increase its efforts to mitigate Pakistan’s growing stability.
The EU and India: A Loveless Arranged Marriage
The EU-India relationship holds much potential but has so far failed to progress in any significant fashion. Both partners need to move beyond mere summits and adopt a new, more dynamic attitude to push forward long pending issues like free trade or counter-terrorism cooperation.
Security and Islam in Asia: lessons from China's Uyghur minority
In the context of China’s rise to power, it is important for Asia’s security agenda to look at the Chinese experience of managing the Uyghur issue, where Islam tends to be used as an ideology of decolonisation and resistance.
The EU's mistaken approach to ASEAN
While the EU has begun to take Asia seriously, it is focusing on bilateral relations with large Asian powers and neglecting the importance of ASEAN.
Why the EU needs to engage Russia on Asian security
Relations between the EU and Russia have improved since 2010. Unlike in the immediate neighbourhood, where Moscow perceives Europe’s presence as a threat to its interests, the Russia–Europe partnership could be productive in Asia.
