This book explores the evolving landscape of global political economy amidst a shifting global order, ushered in by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, and rising trade and political disputes between the US, China and the EU, leading to a rise in protectionist policies and disruptions in global supply chains leading to high inflation, and energy and food crises.
Focusing on the relations between the European Union and the Indo-Pacific region, this book examines how recent protectionist policies are reshaping economic security and cooperation between the two actors.
Sang-Chul Park is currently Professor at Graduate School of Convergence Technology and Energy, Tech University of Korea. He was Adjunct Professor at Center for Science-based Entrepreneurship, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Visiting Professor at Seoul National University, South Korea. He was also Private Dozent at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, and Visiting Full Professor at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He served as Associate Professor at Gothenburg University, Sweden, from 2001 to 2003, and as Associate Professor at Okayama University, Japan, from 2003 to 2006. His research interests concern industrial policy and regional development and studies on innovation systems and on science parks and innovative clusters in particular. Currently his research areas are expanded toward energy policy, sustainable development strategy, high technology ventures, international business and trade as well as global governance.
Yun-Chen Lai is Professor of the Department of Public Administration, and the Executive Director of EU Research Center of National Dong Hwa University. She obtained her bachelor and master degrees in National Taiwan University, Taiwan and her PhD from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. She is also qualified as a diplomatic and consular officer of the Republic of China. She was awarded the EU Jean Monnet Module from 2018 to 2021. She also obtained the Diplomatic Scholarship granted by the MOFA and Government Scholarships for Study Abroad sponsored by the Ministry of Education of R.O.C.. Her main research areas include European Integration, EU institution and policies, EU’s economic and trade policy, International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis and International Political Economy, with a particular interest in the development and functioning of the European Union. She enjoys traveling and has lived in Germany for over seven years, during which she visited the 27 EU member states to deepen her observation and research on the European Union through these journeys.
