Regionalism in Hard Times

<p>Brexit confirms that the EU is not a super-state in the making but rather an advanced regional organization. This book bridges the gap between EU studies and international relations by providing a student-friendly presentation of regional multidimensional cooperation among neighbouring states and societies its four epochs and relevant variations and similarities across five continents its interplay with globalization and the changing post-hegemonic and post-Cold War international order. </p><p>This text secondly focuses on the question of regionalism in hard times: whether the global financial crisis and multipolar power politics are leading to more competitive and political forms of instrumental regionalism and interregionalism in Europe East-Asia and the Americas. It does this by addressing the political and strategic dimensions of changing regional/interregional arrangements and their current and potential impact on global governance notably on trade and security challenges.</p>