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The role of education and culture in contemporary international relations. A challenge for the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM)

The role of education and culture in contemporary international relations. A challenge for the... Asia Europe Journal (2004) 2: 365–371 ASIA DOI: 10.1007/s10308-004-0100-1 EUROPE JOURNAL Springer-Verlag 2004 The role of education and culture in contemporary international relations. A challenge for the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Michael Reiterer Delegation of the European Union in Japan (e-mail: michael.reiterer@cec.eu.int) When the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) was launched at the Bangkok Summit in March 1996, Heads of State or Government agreed that cultural, intellectual and people-to-people exchanges between Asia and Europe should be at the core of the future bi-regional relationship. ‘‘[B]uilding greater understanding between the peoples of both Asia and Europe’’ was defined as a shared responsibility . Unlike other processes, such as APEC, the ASEM process has been designed from the outset as a comprehensive relationship taking into account all aspects of life and granting importance to the cultural dimension as the one which influences strongly the other two pillars of ASEM, politics and economic. Thereby Leaders seem to have taken into consideration the late Susan Strange’s warning that ‘‘The power derived from the knowledge structure is the one that has been most overlooked and underrated’’. The informal rule book of ASEM, the Asia Europe Cooperation Framework 2000, lists ‘‘education’’ as one of the key http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Europe Journal Springer Journals

The role of education and culture in contemporary international relations. A challenge for the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM)

Reiterer, Michael
Asia Europe Journal , Volume 2 (3) – Jan 1, 2004
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Asia Europe Journal (2004) 2: 365–371 ASIA DOI: 10.1007/s10308-004-0100-1 EUROPE JOURNAL Springer-Verlag 2004 The role of education and culture in contemporary international relations. A challenge for the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Michael Reiterer Delegation of the European Union in Japan (e-mail: michael.reiterer@cec.eu.int) When the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) was launched at the Bangkok Summit in March 1996, Heads of State or Government agreed that cultural, intellectual and people-to-people exchanges between Asia and Europe should be at the core of the future bi-regional relationship. ‘‘[B]uilding greater understanding between the peoples of both Asia and Europe’’ was defined as a shared responsibility . Unlike other processes, such as APEC, the ASEM process has been designed from the outset as a comprehensive relationship taking into account all aspects of life and granting importance to the cultural dimension as the one which influences strongly the other two pillars of ASEM, politics and economic. Thereby Leaders seem to have taken into consideration the late Susan Strange’s warning that ‘‘The power derived from the knowledge structure is the one that has been most overlooked and underrated’’. The informal rule book of ASEM, the Asia Europe Cooperation Framework 2000, lists ‘‘education’’ as one of the key

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