ANTHONY PAYNE is Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK.

• Preface Introduction: The Political Economy of Regionalism and World Order; A. Payne & A. Gamble The European Union, 1992 and the Fear of `Fortress Europe'; S. George Eastern Europe in Transition into the New Europe; I .Kearns The United States and its Enterprise for the Americas; A. Payne Latin America and the Remaking of the Americas; J. Grugel Japan and the Construction of Asia-Pacific; G. Hook The NICs and Competing Strategies of East Asian Regionalism; N-L. Sum Conclusion: The New Regionalism; A. Gamble & A. Payne.

'A very welcome addition to the literature on comparative regionalism.' - Andrew Hurrell, Latin American Studies