Interregionalism across the Atlantic Space (United Nations University Series on Regionalism Book 15)

This book focuses on interregional relations across the Atlantic and the possible evolution of a new, distinctive Atlantic space for international relations. It provides a comprehensive insight into the overlapping linkages of interregionalism in the wider Atlantic space. Additionally, it raises the question of relevance, currently the main question in this field of research: Is interregionalism important because it brings about something new that really matters or is it simply a (perhaps unavoidable) by-product of regionalism? The book conducts an analysis of six interregional relations criss-crossing the Atlantic space, accounting for the multitude of interregional connections within a potential Atlantic macro region and analysing the differences, conflicts and convergences between regional organizations. It engages with the issue of agency in interregional relations, and argues that interregional processes and agendas are always driven and constructed by certain actors for certain purposes. Front Matter ....Pages i-x The Atlantic Space – A Region in the Making (Andréas Litsegård, Frank Mattheis)....Pages 1-13 Debunking Interregionalism: Concepts, Types and Critique – With a Pan-Atlantic Focus (Gian Luca Gardini, Andrés Malamud)....Pages 15-31 Volatile Interregionalism: The Case of South Atlantic Relations (Frank Mattheis)....Pages 33-50 Actors and Opportunities: Interregional Processes Between the Arab Region and Latin America and the Caribbean (Anna Ayuso, Santiago Villar, Camila Pastor, Miguel Fuentes)....Pages 51-74 The EU and Africa: Regionalism and Interregionalism Beyond Institutions (Nicoletta Pirozzi, Andréas Litsegård)....Pages 75-93 Assessing Interregional Relations Between North America and Sub-Saharan Africa (John Kotsopoulos, Madeleine Goerg)....Pages 95-113 EU-Latin American Relations as a Template for Interregionalism (Anna Ayuso, Gian Luca Gardini)....Pages 115-130 The North Atlantic: A Case of Bicontinental Regionalism (Riccardo Alcaro, Patrick Reilly)....Pages 131-147 Latin America’s Interregional Reconfiguration: The Beginning or the End of Latin America’s Continental Integration? (Paul Isbell, Kimberly Nolan García)....Pages 149-176