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Christopher M. Dent is Professor of East Asia’s International Political Economy, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds, UK. His main research interests are East Asian regionalism and regionalisation; energy diplomacies of East Asian states; free trade agreements (FTAs) in the Asia-Pacific; sub-regional development co-operation in Southeast Asia; China – Africa development relations; East Asia’s economic relations with the European Union; and economic security theory. His ten published books include China and Africa Development Relations (editor, London: Routledge, 2010), East Asian Regionalism (London: Routledge, 2008); China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia (editor, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008); New Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), Asia-Pacific Economic and Security Co-operation (editor, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002); Northeast Asian Regionalism: Learning from the European Experience (co-editor, London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002); The European Union and East Asia: An Economic Relationship (London: Routledge, 1999); The European Economy: The Global Context (London: Routledge, 1997); Core Economics (co-editor, London: Heinemann, 1995). His book on East Asian Regionalism (Routledge, 2008) was awarded the Masayoshi Ohira Foundation ‘Special Prize’ in 2009. Christopher Dent is also author of around 60 academic articles and other papers. He has acted as an advisor to the British, Australian, Chilean, German and United States Governments, and European Commission on trade issues, as well an invited speaker at conferences and other events in Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania. Christopher Dent is also an Expert (Brains Trust) member of the Evian Group.
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