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This chapter examines ASEM’s process of widening and the implications this has had on the forum. The chapter first provides an overview of the different stages of enlargement. It then looks at the formal rules for horizontal widening, and how they tie in with how regions are defined, what role is played by regional organizations, and how numerical balance between the two groupings in ASEM plays a role. Enlargement has had an undeniable impact on a number of issues, including on cooperation on the ground in the form of “issue-based coalitions,” and on coordination of the process resulting in attempts to streamline institutional mechanisms.
This chapter is a revised version of a policy-oriented paper that appeared in a report drafted for and funded by the European External Action Service. See Gaens (2015).
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Gaens, B. (2018). ASEM’S Process of Enlargement and Its Implications. In: Gaens, B., Khandekar, G. (eds) Inter-Regional Relations and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59764-9_9
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