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This article on East Asian and European forum shopping in global governance argues that the “principled multilateralism” of the immediate post-Cold War period is increasingly giving way to what may be called a “diminished multilateralism.” Newly emerging global and regional powers such as the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and other rising powers in the Global South are increasingly questioning the legitimacy of the existing international architecture which they regard as a vehicle of the USA and Western countries to conserve their international influence in an era of rapid change ...

(...) This article proposes a ‘via media’: a theoretical approach that can be applied to Western and non-Western IR alike, taking into consideration the specific historical, ideational and cultural contexts. Based on social constructivism as developed by Alexander Wendt, it is argued that the existence of a collective identity among states in a given region can manifest itself in distinctive logics or cultures of anarchy. These are based on norms of conflict or cooperation that can be established through interaction, can be proposed by outside agents and localized, or can be affected by the re-negotiation of state identity caused by domestic events. In addition, there are cultural path dependencies: norms rooted in the cultural memory or consciousness of a region which tend to be ignored by interpretations that merely focus on current events or established Western models of cooperation. Area studies can contribute to provide this context.

The newly created Center for Transcultural Asian Studies at the University of Freiburg has recently launched its website.

On 2 October 2016 Prof. Rüland conducts a staff training seminar on research design and methodology in the International Relations Department of Hasanuddin University, Makassar.

in October 2013 SEA Studies at Freiburg has invited several guest lectures to the University. Dvora Yanow (Wageningen University) will speak about "Interpretive Research Design", Carol Tan´s (University of London) talk will be on "When Filipina and Indonesian domestic workers sue their employers in Hong Kong" and Raul Cordenillo (The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) will hold a lecture about "Democratising ASEAN: Reflections of an ex-ASEAN Civil Servant".

The multi-level dimension of migration governance is gaining increasing attention – and that includes the regional and sub-regional level. As a contribution to this research, Nicola Piper, Jürgen Rüland and Stefan Rother have guest edited a two-part special Issue for the European Journal of East Asian studies (EJEAS).

EuroSEAS is the largest academic conference outside the US focused on South East Asia. The 7th EuroSEAS conference took place from Tue, 02/07/2013 till Sun, 07/07/2013 in Lisboa, Portugal.

Prof. Rüland participated in a panel at the conference of the OAV on 23 June 2014 at the Haus der Commerzbank in Berlin. The event convened academics, diplomatic practitioners as well as representatives of the business community to discuss different aspects of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

On Tuesday, 2 December 2014, Prof. Rüland held a lecture with the title "Militarization as a perspective? The Asia-Pacific region".

2nd Plenary on ASEAN Integration Through Law: The ASEAN Way in a Comparative Context - ASEAN Governance, Management and External Relations, 29 July 2013, Jakarta Indonesia.