The failure of regionalism in Central Asia is a puzzle. Whereas almost all world regions have
seen a rise of regional organisations since the end of the Cold War, attempts to establish …

Regional organisations in Africa have not managed to form coherent coalitions while
negotiating about Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU) …

Prevailing integration theories suffer from Eurocentrism and cannot be applied to developing
regions, because they implicitly rely on intraregional economic interdependence as a driving …

This article compares and analyses the different answers from the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations+ 3 (ASEAN+ 3), Mercado Común del Dur (MERCOSUR) and the eurozone on …

The economic structure of SADC is even more extreme than that of MERCOSUR. SADC's
trade network shows low importance of intraregional trade, a very high dependence on extra …

Our main argument is that there exists not only an intraregional, but also an extra-regional
rationale for regional integration. The latter is more important for developing regions, where …

Regional integration is a surprisingly widespread phenomenon in the developing world
despite the fact that the (intraregional) economic gains of market integration seem to be low …

The new regionalism has been one of the mega-trends in the global economy since the
1990s. The Eurocentrism of classic integration theories is a problem for analysing new …

В статье рассматриваются проблемы регионализма и конфликтов интересов стран
Центральной Азии (ЦА), создающих препятствия к внутрирегиональной интеграции …

In the 21st century, Asia has emerged as a global powerhouse, commanding attention, and
influence on the world stage like never before. The continent's unprecedented economic …