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The EU–Japan Partnership in the Post-pandemic Order: What Comes Next?
Abstract
EU–Japan relations have been treated in the literature as a ‘normal relationship’ between two mature actors with a long history of promises, expectations and indifferences. However, since 2004, the EU has been considering its relations with Japan as a strategic partnership; that is, a powerful relationship that plays an increasingly central role in the international system. Recent changes in the EU and Japanese domestic and international environments show how both parties’ relations have shifted from a period of indifferences and low expectations to a new momentum of cooperation in facing common global challenges such as open trade, climate change, multilateralism or the recent pandemic. The main objective of this article is, first, to suggest a framework of analysis to better calibrate the EU–Japan relationship, and second, to understand recent trends in EU–Japan relations that have enabled the Economic Partnership Agreement that entered into force in 2019.
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Metadata
- Authors
- López, L. V.
- Affiliations
- Department of Law and Political Science, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- ORCID
- López, Lluc Vidal
- Venue
- Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2024-02-29
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 122-145
- ISSN
- 2347-7970 (ISSN-L)
- 2349-0039
- OpenAlex
- W4392353584
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 6.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2026-04-19)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › European Union Policy and Governance
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Global Political and Economic Relations
- Keywords
- EU-Japan relations, strategic partnership, Economic Partnership Agreements, trade cooperation, climate change cooperation, multilateralism, global challenges, EU external relations, Japanese foreign policy
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