Developments in European Union-Africa relations and their implications for Asia

Abstract

This chapter examines the EU-Africa relationship through the prism of the growing European engagement in the African security dynamics and the ensuing resonance of the EU’s experience in Africa for its rapport with Asia. It argues that the EU’s cooperation with Africa has incorporated a deeper security dimension and this change has enabled the EU to foster stronger security interactions with Asia. It concludes that paralleling the increasing import of African crisis management in the EU’s foreign policy agenda, there has been a reaching out to Asia with the advancement of the EU’s partnership policy and the development of cooperation in the domain of maritime security to fight piracy and terrorism.