Introduction

  • Beatriz Pérez de las Heras University of Deusto, Spain
Keywords: European Union, Asia Pacific, Indo-Pacific, Road and Belt Initiative, Memorandums of Understanding, transatlantic relationship, strategic autonomy, digital currencies, trade and investments, strategic development, China, ASEAN

Abstract

This special issue of Deusto Journal of European Studies includes some of the contributions presented during the International Congress “European Union-Asia Pacific dialogue; fostering synergies on global challenges”, held at the University of Deusto on April 22 and 23, 2021. This event took place within the framework of the activities of the Jean Monnet Network (EUNAP). This European project provides an academic platform to promote mutual knowledge, joint research and multidisciplinary debate on the relations between the European Union and the Asia Pacific region. During the second day of this International Congress, various PhD candidates and young researchers from both regions had the opportunity to present their contributions on the different challenges and perspectives that the interregional dialogue currently faces. This special issue includes five of these contributions made at this event.

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Author Biography

Beatriz Pérez de las Heras, University of Deusto, Spain

Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Chair on European Integration at the University of Deusto (UD). PhD in Law (UD), she accomplished post-graduate studies at the Centre Européen Universitaire de Nancy, where she obtained the DESS and DEA en Droit Communautaire. She was Director of the European Studies Institute at UD from 1996 to 2009, and Vice-Dean for Research and International Relations at Deusto School of Law from 2013 to 2015. She has been a visiting scholar at the US Universities of Oregon (2009), Georgetown (2012), Fordham (2013), Boston College (2014) and Florida International University (2016). She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto Journal and Main Researcher of the Integración Europea y Derecho Patrimonial research team. She is author of several books and scientific articles on European legal issues. Her current research interests are chiefly focused on the European Union (EU)’s climate change and energy policy, democracy and citizenship in the EU, and the role of the EU as an international actor. As of September 2019, she is the Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Network project “European Union- Asia Pacific Dialogue: promoting European Integration and mutual Knowledge across Continents” (EUNAP).

Published
2022-01-28
How to Cite
Pérez de las Heras, Beatriz. 2022. “Introduction”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 03 (January), 19-21. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-03-2022pp19-21.

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