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Title: | The determinants of the European Union’s selective approach to trade sanctions in Southeast Asia |
Authors: | Pennisi di Floristella, Angela Maria Sicurelli, Daniela |
Keywords: | ASEAN European Union Human rights -- South Asia Human rights -- European Union countries European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries Trade blocs -- European Union countries Trade blocs -- Southeast Asia |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. |
Citation: | Pennisi di Floristella, A., & Sicurelli, D. (2023). The determinants of the European Union’s selective approach to trade sanctions in Southeast Asia. International Politics, 1-21. |
Abstract: | The European Union (EU) has recently emerged as a promoter of human rights in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) through social and material trade sanctions. Yet, it used diferent trade measures in reacting to human rights violations, according to a partner. This paper investigates the reasons for such a selective approach. It fnds evidence in support of the thesis that while ideational factors seem to have a low predicting potential, trade and security interests are strongly correlated with the level of interference adopted by the EU on the domestic afairs of the single ASEAN partners. More specifcally, security alignment seems to supersede any commercial considerations when it comes to the adoption of punishing trade measures on ASEAN members. The paper leads to the conclusion that ASEAN countries have become increasingly relevant catalysts of EU foreign policy interests and that security strategies have strongly conditioned the role of the EU as a human rights promoter through trade in the region. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/113081 |
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