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"Focusing on economic, developmental, political and cultural issues in Asia-Europe relations, this book offers a critical assessment of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process since its inception in 1996. ASEM now brings together all twenty-seven European Union (EU) members, the European Commission, sixteen Asian states and the ASEAN Secretariat. The underlying theme of the book is that the ASEM should be analyzed as an instance of international dialogue - in this case, dialogue between two groups of states from two different regions - rather than as a manifestation of two regions acting jointly to perform specific functions at an 'interregional' level. The conclusion is that with the exception of the discussion on the fight against international terrorism and the cultural dialogue, the Asia-Europe dialogue rarely meets the ideal conditions for international dialogue. The way forward proposed by this book in the conclusion involves a new approach combining the European practices of multilevel governance, variable geometry and several speeds." "This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian and European politics as well as comparative politics, international relations, EU external relations and EU-Asia relations."--Jacket

This paper examines the impact of interregionalism on regulatory governance. Specifically, it analyses an underexplored aspect of the negotiation process for an interregional agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Common Market of the South (Mercosur): to what extent and how has this given rise to particular forms of regulatory governance in Mercosur? The paper empirically explores the trade and cooperation agendas involved in trade facilitation and education, and argues that the long negotiation process between the EU and Mercosur has affected the ways in which different forms of regulatory governance are expressed. Still, these show variation across policy issues. Both the type of norm promoted and the capacity-building mechanisms envisaged create a particular ideational and material context, all of which affects the actor constellation and leads in turn to different regulatory governance regimes, yet within the same interregional negotiation process.

In its external regional policy (European interregionalism), the European Union attaches great importance to Latin-Caribbean America, taking into account its enormous economic, market, human and raw material potential. The European Union is developing cooperation with Latin American countries in a very competitive environment. The United States have the traditional influence in the region. The US for centuries have been involved in the formation of the region. Since 2014, China has pushed the EU to the third place in terms of economic cooperation with Latin American countries. The European Union responds to this competition with a well-structured policy of investment and offers mutually beneficial cooperation to Latin American regional institutions. The EU heeds the new requests of the Latin American regional community. This creates certain competitive advantages for the European Union in the region.Key words: European Union, Latin-Caribbean America, European Interregionalism, MERCOSUR, UNASUR, the Andean Community, the San Jose Group, the Rio Group, ALBA, CELAC. ; В своей внешней региональной политике (европейский интеррегионализм) Европейский союз придает важное значение Латинско-Карибской Америке, учитывая ее огромный экономический, рыночный, человеческий и сырьевой потенциал. Европейский союз развивает сотрудничество с латиноамериканскими странами в острой конкурентной среде, прежде всего с США и Китаем. Традиционное влияние в регионе имеют США. В то время как Китай с 2014 г. потеснил ЕС на третье место по объему экономического сотрудничества со странами Латинско-Карибской Америки. Европейский союз стремится противопоставить США и Китаю в регионе хорошо структурированную политику инвестиций и взаимовыгодного сотрудничества с латиноамериканскими региональными институтами, учитывающую новые запросы латиноамериканского регионального сообщества. Это придает Европейскому союзу определенные конкурентные преимущества в регионе.Ключевые слова: Европейский союз, Латинско-Карибская Америка, европейский интеррегионализм, Сообщество латиноамериканских и карибских государств, МЕРКОСУР, УНАСУР, Андское сообщество, группа Сан-Хосе, группа Рио, АЛБА.

This article introduces the topic of this special issue, namely the study of the EU as a global actor & the role of interregionalism. It starts with mapping out the general theme & the key questions that guide the issue, such as: to what extent are regions becoming 'actors' of world politics; what is the strength of interregionalism in the EU's foreign policies towards regions & across sectors; why is interregionalism being pursued & who are the actors driving such policy; & what are the implications for world order & global governance? Region-to-region interactions are no novelty, as such, but they have only recently started to emerge on a more comprehensive scale. Interregionalism is related to changes in world order & needs therefore to be historically situated. The authors suggest that interregionalism needs to be related both to globalization & to the restructuring of the nation-state, but above all to 'the regionalist movement'. In the second section, the emergence of interregionalism is presented from an historical perspective & the concept of interregionalism is discussed. The article ends with a brief overview of the structure & content of the special issue as a whole. References. Adapted from the source document.