News
February 2nd: Discussion Seminar: Are we becoming Japanese now? Japan’s experience and its relevance to Europe.
January 5, 2012. Europe and Japan share many similarities. Both are long-time allies of the United States, have for decades held the biggest economies and richest populations in the world, and were early givers of development assistance to third regions. On Thursday 2 February Clingendael Asia Studies organizes a discussion seminar about the relevance of Japan’s experience to European countries. Read more»
Debating China's global reputation in Beijing
December 23, 2011. The Charhar Institute, China's foremost public diplomacy think tank, and the Clingendael Institute will jointly hold the Charhar-Clingendael Public Diplomacy Forum, which is to take place on May 19-20 2012. Read more»
China and the Danger of a US-Iran War
December 23, 2011. The five-year multilateral diplomatic struggle to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme and the broader psychological war against the Islamic regime have been overshadowed for most of 2011 by the turmoil of the ‘Arab Spring’. Yet as new unilateral Western sanctions threaten full-scale economic war and as the rhetoric of Israeli or US military action against Iran escalates, the crisis has now taken centre stage in world politics. So far China, together with Russia, holds off UN sanctions and advocates dialogue and diplomatic negotiations to prevent further escalation. However, in a contribution to the Clingendael Asia Forum, Willem van Kemenade argues that should the threat of war continue to grow China may be forced to play a more prominent role. Read more»
Re-engaging Europe with Asia conference
December 9, 2011. 14-15 December Clingendael will host the closing conference for the Europe-Asia Policy Forum. An official event of the Europe-Asia Policy Forum (EUforAsia Project) Re-engaging Europe with Asia is the IIAS-led closing event of the Europe-Asia Policy Forum and will take place on the eve of the preparation of the European Commission’s “Regional Programming for Asia (2013-2020) Strategy Paper”. The conference will explore the topics of economic integration, security, cooperation in the field of higher education, energy, and will address the future of the EU’s strategy toward Asia. The Europe-Asia Policy Forum (EUforAsia) was designed to target relevant stakeholders in Asia-Europe affairs and policy-making with information on contemporary issues regarding EU-Asia. Over the last three years, EUforAsia has organised roundtables, briefings and conferences with the aim of enhancing EU-Asia cooperation and awareness on issues of mutual interest in areas such as sustainable development, regional integration and governance. The EUforAsia consortium consists of the International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS), the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), the Singapore Institute for International Affairs (SIIA) and the European Policy Centre (EPC). It is supported by funding from the European Union. Read more»
Browse other archived news-items from 2009 »