SCAS News - 17 June, 2015
New Book by Former SCAS Fellow Krishnan Srinivasan
In May, the volume Europe in Emerging Asia: Opportunities and Obstacles in Political and Economic
Encounters (2015) appeared. The book is edited by former SCAS Fellow Krishnan Srinivasan and
Fredrik
Erixon, and examines the economic, political, and cultural relations between Europe and
emerging Asian
nations. It is published by
Rowman & Littlefield International.
Krishnan Srinivasan is a diplomat and scholar. He is a former Foreign Secretary of India and a
former
Deputy
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. At present he is affiliated to the Institute
of Asian
Studies, Calcutta,
and to the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, where he
is Honorary
Professor.
Krishnan Srinivasan
was a Fellow in residence at SCAS in the spring of
2008 and during
the academic
year
2012-13. Europe in
Emerging Asia was initiated during
Srinivasan's most recent
stay at the
Collegium.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
"In light of the Eurozone crisis and the growth of Asian economies, have new challenges emerged
for
the
relations
between nations in these regions? As the Asian consumer class grows and its
culture
globalizes,
what does this
mean for the export of Eurocentric values and norms? And what
does the
future hold for
the economic, political,
and cultural policies between these two powerful
regions?
This
book explores the
relationship between European
and emerging Asian economies, as
globalization
changes
the international
economic and political landscape. Reflecting
on past interactions
and possibilities
for the
future, the book
brings together Asian and European perspectives from
former
politicians, diplomats,
and
academic experts
to examine questions around trade and security, rights and
climate change, identity
clashes, and the colonial
legacy. The book is a timely consideration of highly
topical questions
that will
shape international politics in
the twenty-first century."