Interregionalism and interregional cooperation : the case of Asia-Europe relations / Jürgen Rüland and Cornelia Storz -- Regional organizations as actors in international relations : interregionalism and asymmetric dialogues / Mathew Doidge -- Governance, Asia-European relations, and regional trade agreements / Doris Fischer -- Interregional trade and investment between Asia and Europe : an empirical investigation / Hanns G. Hilpert and Klaus-Jochem Kecker -- The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and its contribution to the political management of globalization / Howard Loewen and Dirk Nabers -- Asian-European relations : more security through inter- and transregional relations? / Frank Umbach -- EU-Asia human rights policy : pursuing the path of institutionalism / Martina Timmermann -- On the potentials of interregional policy cooperation : the case of Europe's participation in the Asian Development Bank / Werner Pascha -- Merger and acquisition between Japanese and European enterprises : how to integrate different institutional regimes / Andreas Moerke -- Beyond the taboos? : the opportunities and limitation of Asian-European track-two dialogue / Katja Freistein -- The democratization of inter- and transregional dialogues : the role of civil society, NGOs, and parliaments / Sebastian Bersick -- Main findings and conclusion : assessing the surplus value of Asia-Europe interregionalism / Gunter Schubert.