Interregionalism and International Relations

Interregionalism, the institutionalized relations between world regions, is a new phenomenon in international relations. It also a new layer of development in an increasingly differentiated global order. This volume examines the structure of this phenomenon and the scholarly discourse it is generating. It takes stock of empirical facts and theoretical explanations, bringing together with clarity and concision the latest research on this key area. This essential new book: * traces the emergence of interregionalism and reviews the latest literature * provides a conceptual and theoretical framework for study * includes case studies of inter-regional relations between: Asia and America; Asia and Europe; Europe and America; and Europe and Africa. * delivers comparative analyses and special cases such as continental summits and interregional relationships beyond the Triad. * summarizes and evaluates the findings of each chapter, providing a basis for further research. This is a key reference book for students and researchers of regionalism, global governance and international relations.

Heiner Hänggi is assistant director and head of think tank at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, and is also an associate faculty member at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and a lecturer in political science at the university of St. Gallen, Switzerland Ralf Roloff is senior German professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He is a member of the faculty of economics and social sciences at the University of Cologne, and he previously served as acting professor and assistant professor at the universities of Mainz and Trier as well as the University of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg. Jürgen Rüland is professor of political science at the University of Freiburg and director of the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg. He has been a visiting scholar at universities in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand. From 1995-2003 he served as chairman of the Advisory Board on Southeast Asia, part of the German Society of Asian Studies.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Interregionalism: A New Phenomenon in International Relations Heiner Hänggi, Ralf Roloff and Jürgen Rüland Part 2: The Concept of Interregional Relations 2. Interregionalism in Theoretical Perspective: State of the Art Ralf Roloff 3. Interregionalism as a Multifaceted Phenomenon: In Search of a Typology Heiner Hänggi Part 3: The Geography of Interregional Relations Asia-America Relations 4. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Transregionalism with a New Cause? Vinod K. Aggarwal and Elaine Kwei 5. The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC): Embryonic Interregionalism Linda Low 6. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union: Limited Interregionalism Alfredo C. Robles, Jr. 7. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Process: Beyond the Triadic Political Economy? Christopher M. Dent 8. The New Transatlantic Interregionalism and the End of the Atlantic Alliance Charles A. Kupchan 9. The New Transatlantic Interregionalism: Balanced or Hegemonic? Werner Link 10. The European Union's relations with MERCOSUR: The Issue of Interregional Trade Liberalization Jörg Faust 11. Europe-Latin America (EU-LAC) Relations: Toward Interregional Coalition-Building? Andrew Crawley 12. The European Union and Southern Africa: Interregionalism between Vision and Reality Heribert Weiland 13. The Africa-Europe (Cairo summit) Process: An Expression of "Symbolic Politics" Gorm Rye Olsen Part 4: Comparative Aspects and Special Cases 14. Comparing Interregionalism: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Hanns W. Maull and Nuria Okfen 15. Beyond Transregionalism: Monetary Regionalism in East Asia Heribert Dieter and Richard Higgott 16. "Imagined" Interregionalism: Europe's Relations withthe African, Carribbean and Pacific States (ACP) Martin Holland 17. Hemispheric Interregionalism: Power, Domestic Interests, and Ideas in the Free Trade Association of the Americas (FTAA) Stefan A. Schirm 18. Between Regionalism and Transregionalism: The Indian Ocean Rim - Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) Christian Wagner Part 5: Conclusion 19. Interregionalism: An Unfinished Agenda Jürgen Rüland