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Analysing functions of interregionalism as catalysts of integration in Eastern African Community
The purpose of this paper is to understand how China‘s interregional relations with the East African Community (EAC) may promote regional integration in the region (EAC). Although previous studies highlighted the importance of regional integration of the EAC, the present study applied the Rüland approach of the functions of interregionalism to explore how China-EAC interregionalism can enhance the integration process within the EAC region. The paper used a qualitative method based on the desktop approach to review the body of literature (published articles and books) to identify interregionalism‘s functions as drivers of regional integration of the EAC. The findings indicated that out of six functions of interregionalism, three (balancing, institution-building, and promotion of development) were found to be catalysts Journal of African Union Studies (JoAUS) ISSN 2050-4306 (Online) ISSN 2050-4292 (Print) Indexed by: SCOPUS, IBSS, JSTOR, EBSCO, COPERNICUS, ERIH PLUS, ProQuest, J-Gate and Sabinet Volume 13, (Number 1), April 2024 pp 41-65 to promote regional integration in the EAC region. The study recommends that Rüland‘s functions of interregionalism should be considered when assessing the impact of EAC relations with its external partners in furthering the integration of EAC.
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Caribbean Integration
As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) approaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, the contributors to Caribbean Integration: Uncertainty in Time of Global Fragmentation critically reflect on the evolution of regional movement, analysing the challenges of maintaining relevance in a post-Brexit era of regional integration, while also highlighting opportunities for its reinvigoration.
This collection offers diverse perspectives from scholars within the region and beyond on the political, social, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions of regional integration. The volume is unique in its inclusion of critical analysis of CARICOM's performance on addressing prominent global development issues, which have rarely been featured in writings on Caribbean integration. The contributors consider the role and influence of youth, language, reparatory justice, election reform, gender-based violence, migration, trade and climate change on the deepening and longevity of CARICOM institutions. Their analyses signal the new prospects for emerging from a crisis of regionalism and moving towards sustainability.
Contributors: April Karen Baptiste, Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Jessica Byron, Roland Craigwell, Halimah A.F. DeShong, Hubert Devonish, Natalie Dietrich Jones, Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts, Ronald M. Gordon, Julia Jhinkoo-Ramdass, Irwin La Rocque, Patsy Lewis, Jay R. Mandle, Alain Maurin, Tamara Onnis, Adrian D. Saunders, Verene A. Shepherd, John J. VanSickle
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Regionalism after Regionalisation
Throughout Europe regionalist movements claim more autonomy for their region, pointing at cultural and historical distinctiveness and the demands of their populations. In some places violence is used to put pressure on the state, and in many states in Europe and elsewhere the issue of regional minorities figures prominently on political agendas. Over the last few decades many states have introduced regional governments and parliaments, often as an answer to regionalist demands with a view of making regionalist movements redundant and satisfying most of their supporters. Others have warned that this was a step towards fragmentation and even the break-up of nation states.
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The European Union's interregionalism in the Andean Community
This article examines the impact of EU interregionalism on regional integration in the Andean Community. The study employs a qualitative approach based on theoretical literature and economic data to examine the impact of EU interregional strategies in the Andean Community, both politically and economically. The article identifies that, despite the EU's initial efforts to consolidate inter-bloc relations, the internal divisions within the Andean Community and the global competition and influence of external actors such as China and the United States have led Europeans to focus predominantly on bilateral agreements with the Andean countries of the Andean Community. This study also contributes to the academic debate by providing a detailed analysis of the limitations and opportunities of EU-Andean Community relations, and by highlighting the role of interregionalism in the evolution of regional integration models in Latin America.
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Cooperative counter-hegemony, interregionalism and ‘diminished multilateralism’: the Belt and Road Initiative and China’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
This article examines the institutional rationale of China’s Belt and Road Initiative for Sino-Latin American interregionalism and global multilateralism. Applying Pedersen’s ideational-institutional realism approach and research on interregionalism, we provide a more nuanced analysis than mainstream realist theorising dominating research on China’s foreign policies. We argue that China’s interregional relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) entail a cooperative strategy to counter US hegemony in its own ‘backyard’. At a cognitive level, we show that the worldviews of Chinese foreign policy elites are informed by the tenets of realism. At an institutional level, interregionalism serves as a soft balancing device. In the power dimension, China uses cooperative relations with LAC to create soft power, enhancing access to raw materials, and promoting Chinese values, worldviews, and policies to the region. Hence, China-LAC interregionalism qualifies as ‘diminished multilateralism’, a pragmatic variant of multilateralism that favours particularistic interests while hampering collective problem solving.
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