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2018 | Buch

The Atlantic Space – A Region in the Making Kapitel lesen Erstes Kapitel lesen

Interregionalism across the Atlantic Space

herausgegeben von: Frank Mattheis, Andréas Litsegård

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buchreihe : United Nations University Series on Regionalism

Enthalten in: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" , Springer Professional "Technik"

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This book focuses on interregional relations across the Atlantic and the possible evolution of a new, distinctive Atlantic space for international relations. It provides a comprehensive insight into the overlapping linkages of interregionalism in the wider Atlantic space. Additionally, it raises the question of relevance, currently the main question in this field of research: Is interregionalism important because it brings about something new that really matters or is it simply a (perhaps unavoidable) by-product of regionalism? The book conducts an analysis of six interregional relations criss-crossing the Atlantic space, accounting for the multitude of interregional connections within a potential Atlantic macro region and analysing the differences, conflicts and convergences between regional organizations. It engages with the issue of agency in interregional relations, and argues that interregional processes and agendas are always driven and constructed by certain actors for certain purposes.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. The Atlantic Space – A Region in the Making
Abstract
In this introductory chapter, the field of interregionalism studies is introduced and the relation to the Atlantic region is presented. The study of interregionalism faces various challenges: firstly, interregionalism research is (still) Eurocentric; secondly, the agency of the various actors involved is often overlooked; thirdly, there is a need for more comparison between regions; and fourthly, the connection between regionalism and interregionalism is poorly understood. We propose to address these shortcomings by recalibrating the theoretical lens in order to analyse the diversity of contemporary interregionalism. The chapter thus discusses established categories of analysis as well as the post-revisionist approach to interregionalism, and outlines the contribution to the endeavour of balancing the case of the EU in the study of regionalism and interregionalism. Furthermore, we provide an overview of the context in which interregional relations across the Atlantic takes place and contextualise the most relevant regional-building processes in all Atlantic regions. The chapter ends by explaining the structure of the volume and by presenting the individual conceptual and empirical contributions of the book,, which provide state of the art and innovative analysis of interregionalism.
Andréas Litsegård, Frank Mattheis
Chapter 2. Debunking Interregionalism: Concepts, Types and Critique – With a Pan-Atlantic Focus
Abstract
Interregionalism means region-to-region relations. Its relevance lies on two assumptions: that regionalism is a significant mechanism of governance and that regions are outward looking. The fact that both assumptions are contested confers the concept of interregionalism a structural fuzziness. In this chapter we seek to grasp the phenomenon by following a sequential path: we first deal with definitions, types and theory, only then to look into the empirical evidence in search of correspondence between names and facts. By looking into transatlantic interregionalism, we find it as a large umbrella that brings together very diverse groupings of countries under a same, moderately inconsequential, working mechanism: summitry.
Gian Luca Gardini, Andrés Malamud
Chapter 3. Volatile Interregionalism: The Case of South Atlantic Relations
Abstract
In their extra-regional outreach Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa rarely make each other a priority. However, since the end of the Cold War there has been an increasing amount of political efforts to strengthen ties on a region-to-region basis. This chapter argues that this rapprochement has been facilitated by the emergence of two regional projects following a similar logic in a post-Cold War context, in particular the Southern African Development Community and the Common Market of the Southern Cone. At the same time, both projects face serious limitations of actorness that are illustrative of the confined space for interregionalism across the South Atlantic. An analysis of the formalised initiatives on political, economic and trade issues between the two regions concludes that these are characterised by transregional and partly pure forms of interregionalism and that most initiatives are heavily shaped by the leading role of Brazil.
Frank Mattheis
Chapter 4. Actors and Opportunities: Interregional Processes Between the Arab Region and Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
This paper analyses interregional links between Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the Arab region. The relations between regional organizations in LAC and their peers in North Africa and the Arab world are still fairly nascent and represent a much understudied area. Recent institutional rapprochement between LAC regional organizations and North African and Arab regional institutions are remarkable however. The re-launching of South-South cooperation in a multipolar context over the past decades has boosted this trend. Relations and exchanges between both regions have grown constantly over the last 10–12 years, along with a progressive institutionalization of high-level political dialogue. This study aims to identify and analyze the main drivers behind this multi-layered interregionalism as well as the obstacles in its way, by examining how it is fostered by state and non-state actors in political, economic and social formations.
Anna Ayuso, Santiago Villar, Camila Pastor, Miguel Fuentes
Chapter 5. The EU and Africa: Regionalism and Interregionalism Beyond Institutions
Abstract
This chapter aims at mapping relevant trends of interregionalism between Europe and Africa, by looking at the historical evolution and in light of recent developments. The analysis focuses on institutionalized interregionalism between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU), as well as regional organizations in Southern, West and East Africa in the three sectors of trade; security; and environment. It also goes beyond by addressing and comparing formal and informal, state and non-state, patterns of integration at the transnational level. The chapter concludes that it appears that the EU has heavily influenced the development of regionalism in Africa mainly through teaching and support. The relationship between the EU and African regions is fundamentally characterized by the former influencing regional policy of, and providing funds and capacity building to, the latter.
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Andréas Litsegård
Chapter 6. Assessing Interregional Relations Between North America and Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract
This paper explores the extent of interregional cooperation between North America and Africa in the area of development. As an initial contribution to the study of interregional relations between North America and Africa the analysis focuses on governmental and intergovernmental organisations. Through the prism of quasi-interregionalism, the authors explore relations between the United States and African regional organisations and similarly Canada and African regional organisations. The chapter also considers the motivations of Canada and the U.S. in seeking relationships at the interregional level in Africa. Using primary documents and interviews, the paper demonstrates that while overarching strategies for interregionalism may be still absent, focus on regional entities and institutions in Africa is gaining ground and coordination between the U.S. and Canada can be seen in areas of mutual interest on the continent.
John Kotsopoulos, Madeleine Goerg
Chapter 7. EU-Latin American Relations as a Template for Interregionalism
Abstract
The interregionalism between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union evolved for over 20 years. The complexities and overlapping of Latin American regionalisms are reflected in several interregional formal links between the two shores of the Atlantic characterized by a density and multiplicity of mechanisms and forums, involving a diversity of actors – from states to NGOs, from regional organizations to business and institutional bodies. This constitutes a multilayered network of agreements, summits and other cooperation mechanisms that is the result of the interplay between the development of the regionalist phenomenon and the dynamics of globalization. This is one reason why the EU-LAC interregionalism can be considered a sort of template in practice for the conceptualizations of, and theorizing about interregionalism, as it illustrates all the three prototypes identified by Hanggi: mechanisms of pure interregionalism, transregionalism and hybrid interregionalism. In this chapter we discuss; first, the historical evolution of the EU-LAC interregional relations. Second, we concentrate on the four existing cases of interregionalism with LAC sub-regional organizations. Third, we analyze the region-to-region summits between the EU and the 33 LAC countries. Finally, we draw conclusions about the dynamics of EU-LAC.
Anna Ayuso, Gian Luca Gardini
Chapter 8. The North Atlantic: A Case of Bicontinental Regionalism
Abstract
Form and content of interregional relations reflect the dynamics generated by the specific regionalism existing in the regions considered. Nowhere is interregionalism’s subordination to regionalism clearer than in the North Atlantic. The experiences with regionalism of Europe and North America differ considerably, as the former has experimented radically in regional integration while the latter has made only modest steps. Consequently, interregionalism provides for a poor analytical grid to understand North Atlantic relations. The latter are better grasped instead if a regionalism-informed conceptual framework is applied, as after all the North Atlantic displays features that fit a regionalism prism. After outlining a conceptual framework to understand regions, the chapter briefly compares Europe’s and North America’s regionalism before delving into the analysis of the North Atlantic as a sui generis bicontinental region.
Riccardo Alcaro, Patrick Reilly
Chapter 9. Latin America’s Interregional Reconfiguration: The Beginning or the End of Latin America’s Continental Integration?
Abstract
This chapter investigates the development of regionalism and interregionalism in Latin America as pertains to trade relations, one of the key drivers of regional integration in the region. The chapter develops the outlines of the thesis that Latin America or South America no longer provide the optimal geography for constituting an appropriate region. New ocean basin regions offer more promising regional and interregional trajectories to regroup Latin American countries than do their currently conceived land-based trade regions. By ‘re-mapping’ national figures for bilateral commercial trade the chapter provides initial quantitative evidence of new Latin American regional trade dynamics emerging within the continent’s two flanking ocean basin regions – the Pacific Basin and the Atlantic Basin – where new forms of non-hegemonic and maritime-centered regionalisms are being articulated and developed. The chapter concludes that new ‘ocean basin regionalisms’ offer alternative options for regional trade agreements and interregional trade integration which, while remaining complementary to the current sub-continental and continental regionalisms, could become a new guiding frame for Latin American regionalism.
Paul Isbell, Kimberly Nolan García
Metadaten
Titel
Interregionalism across the Atlantic Space
herausgegeben von
Frank Mattheis
Andréas Litsegård
Copyright-Jahr
2018
Electronic ISBN
978-3-319-62908-7
Print ISBN
978-3-319-62907-0
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62908-7

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