Annita Montoute is Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, in Trinidad and Tobago.Kudrat Virk is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa.

• 1. Introduction .- 2.A History of the ACP-EU Relationship: The Origins and Spirit of Lomé .- 3.The EU and Africa: The Political Economy of an Asymmetrical Partnership .- 4.The EU and the Caribbean: The Necessity of Unity .- 5.The EU and the Pacific: A Tale of Unfulfilled Expectations .- 6.The Economic Partnership Agreements: An African Perspective .- 7.South Africa, the EU, and the SADC Group Economic Partnership Agreement: Through the Negotiating Lens .- 8.The Caribbean-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: A Caribbean Perspective .- 9.The EU’s Security Role in Africa: “The Emperor Has No Clothes” .- 10.ACP-EU Migration Policy .- 11.Diasporas and Development in the ACP-EU Relationship .- 12.The ACP Ambassadorial Working Group on Future Perspectives of the ACP Group .- 13.The ACP, the EU, and the BRICS: Opportunities on the Horizon or Just a Mirage? .- 14. Conclusion.

Annita Montoute is Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, in Trinidad and Tobago.Kudrat Virk is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa.

• 1. Introduction .- 2.A History of the ACP-EU Relationship: The Origins and Spirit of Lomé .- 3.The EU and Africa: The Political Economy of an Asymmetrical Partnership .- 4.The EU and the Caribbean: The Necessity of Unity .- 5.The EU and the Pacific: A Tale of Unfulfilled Expectations .- 6.The Economic Partnership Agreements: An African Perspective .- 7.South Africa, the EU, and the SADC Group Economic Partnership Agreement: Through the Negotiating Lens .- 8.The Caribbean-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: A Caribbean Perspective .- 9.The EU’s Security Role in Africa: “The Emperor Has No Clothes” .- 10.ACP-EU Migration Policy .- 11.Diasporas and Development in the ACP-EU Relationship .- 12.The ACP Ambassadorial Working Group on Future Perspectives of the ACP Group .- 13.The ACP, the EU, and the BRICS: Opportunities on the Horizon or Just a Mirage? .- 14. Conclusion.

Annita Montoute is Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, in Trinidad and Tobago.Kudrat Virk is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa.

• 1. Introduction .- 2.A History of the ACP-EU Relationship: The Origins and Spirit of Lomé .- 3.The EU and Africa: The Political Economy of an Asymmetrical Partnership .- 4.The EU and the Caribbean: The Necessity of Unity .- 5.The EU and the Pacific: A Tale of Unfulfilled Expectations .- 6.The Economic Partnership Agreements: An African Perspective .- 7.South Africa, the EU, and the SADC Group Economic Partnership Agreement: Through the Negotiating Lens .- 8.The Caribbean-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: A Caribbean Perspective .- 9.The EU’s Security Role in Africa: “The Emperor Has No Clothes” .- 10.ACP-EU Migration Policy .- 11.Diasporas and Development in the ACP-EU Relationship .- 12.The ACP Ambassadorial Working Group on Future Perspectives of the ACP Group .- 13.The ACP, the EU, and the BRICS: Opportunities on the Horizon or Just a Mirage? .- 14. Conclusion.