European Union and New Regionalism

Mario Telò is Jean Monnet professor of International Relations at Université Libre de Bruxelles and teaches EU institutions at LUISS, Rome.

• Introduction: Globalization, New Regionalism and the Role of the European Union; I: Theoretical Perspectives; 1: Regional Blocs, World Order and the New Medievalism; 2: The Political Economy of New Regionalism and World Governance; 3: Cultural Difference, Regionalization and Globalization; 4: Alternative Models of Regional Cooperation? The Limits of Regional Institutionalisation in East Asia; 5: Interregionalism and World Order: The Diverging EU and US Models; II: Comparative Analysis of Regional Groupings; 6: Between Trade Regionalization and Various Paths towards Deeper Cooperation; 7: NAFTA and United States Regional Trade Policy; 8: Competing Latin American Regionalisms in a Changing World; 9: African Regionalism and EU-African Interregionalism; 10: Southeast Asian and European Integration Compared; III: European Union as a New Civilian Power in the Making; 11: The European Union and the Challenges of the Near Abroad; 12: The European Union, the Eastern Neighbourhood and Russia: Competing Regionalisms; 13: Regionalism, the European Union and the Arab Awakening; 14: Europe: Trading Power, American Hunting Dog, or the World's Scandinavia?; IV: Reconsiderations; 15: European Union, Regionalism, New Multilateralism: Three Scenarios

’European Union and New Regionalism raises crucial questions about regionalism in the contemporary world. How do globalization and domestic politics shape and constrain regionalism? How does regionalism, in turn, affect patterns of globalization and domestic politics in participating states? This volume constitutes an important contribution to our understanding of regionalism’s causes and effects.’ Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University, USA ’With its 3rd edition this volume gains the status of a classic. Indeed, European Union and New Regionalism provides extremely useful new insights into the study of regions and regional integration from various theoretical perspectives and through a comparative approach. It further has the merit to assess the relevance of the EU as a regional power in a number of domains. This book is a key reference for students and academics interested in the current trends in regionalism.’ Luk Van Langenhove, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, Belgium ’European Union and New Regionalism is a timely relaunch of the debate on how the EU affects regional cooperation across the globe. Mario Telò and his team succeed in setting the academic research agenda. The volume hosts innovative, new chapters on NAFTA, Latin America, and EU-Russian relations. It enriches the literature, juxtaposing global and domestic influences and emphasizing the notion of competing regionalisms.’ Bertjan Verbeek, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands