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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Integrating the Pacific -- Part I. China and Ocean Worlds -- 1. A Very Long Early Modern? Asia and Its Oceans, 1000-1850 / John E. Wills, Jr. -- 2. Transatlantic and Transpacific Connections in Early American History / Kariann Akemi Yokota -- Part II. Circuits and Diaspora -- 3. The Pacific Ocean as Highway to Gold Mountain: The Hong Kong Connection, 1850-1900 / Elizabeth Sinn -- 4. Pop Gingle's Cold War / Peter E. Hamilton -- 5. Chinese and American Collaborations through Educational Exchange during the Era of Exclusion, 1872-1955 / Madeline Y. Hsu -- 6. Japanese Reinvention of Self through Hawai'i's Japanese Americans / Yujin Yaguchi -- 7. Fighting the Postwar in Little Saigon / Phuong Nguyen -- Part III. Racism and Imperialism -- 8. Transpacific Accommodation and the Defense of Asian Immigrants / Lon Kurashige -- 9. Kilsoo Haan, American Intelligence, and the Anticipated Japanese Invasion of California, 1931-1943 / Brian Masaru Hayashi -- 10. Transpacific Adoption: The Korean War, US Missionaries, and Cold War Liberalism / Susie Woo -- 11. Inter-Imperial Relations, the Pacific, and Asian American History / Augusto Espiritu -- 12. Japanese Immigrant Settler Colonialism and the Construction of a US National Security Regime against the Transborder "Yellow Peril" / Eiichiro Azuma -- Part IV. Islands and the Pacific Rim -- 13. How the Portuguese Became White: The Racial Politics of Pre-Annexation Hawai'i / Christen T. Sasaki -- 14. Who Closed the Sea? Archipelagoes of Amnesia between the United States and Japan / Greg Dvorak -- 15. Japanese Commemorations of World War II in the Mariana Islands / Keith L. Camacho -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Introduction : region-making, cooperation and its normative dimension / Elisabetta Nadalutti -- Regionalism after Europe? : a marginal question / Otto Kallscheuer -- Rethinking the links between micro-regions and macro-regions / Fredrik Söderbaum -- Critical beaches : coastal erosion and geosociality in south-eastern Ghana / Michael Flitner, Volker M. Heins and Johannes Herbeck -- Outside-in region-building : the role of border integration zones in Andean regional integration / Harlan Koff -- Rethinking cross-border regional cooperation : a comparison of the China-Myanmar and China-Laos borderlands / Xiangming Chen -- The normative dimension of regionalism and refugee policy in ASEAN and the EU / Jens-Uwe Wunderlich -- What are the "ethical values" that underpin border cooperation in Europe and Southeast Asia? : a reading of the upper Adriatic region and the Iskandar Malaysia border cases / Elisabetta Nadalutti -- The European Union and challenges of neighbourhood : regional cooperation potentials beyond realist geopolitics / James Wesley Scott -- Conclusions / Otto Kallscheuer and Elisabetta Nadalutti

Regionalism as an international phenomenon dates back to post-WWII decades. It is well studied both in theoretical and practical perspective. It is quite clear to most researchers what the "old" or "new" regionalism is, and what kind of logic stands behind it. However, the classic theory of regionalism does not explain contemporary processes of interregional and transregional integration, which we witness today. A common point of the three approaches (namely, regionalism, interregionalism and transregionalism) is that all of them are related to globalization. Each of these approaches constitutes a response to globalisation's challenges, which varies from region to region. Nevertheless, their aims and scope differ greatly. Regionalism represents interstate and transnational co-operation within an international region. It is derived from the logic of institutionalized interactions that may take a range of forms—from regular consultations on the ministerial level to creation of supranational bodies and common policies. Interregional co-operation implies institutionalized agreements between states representing two or more regions, which can act either on their own (i.e. quasi-interregionalism, or hybrid interregionalism) or as a part of a regional organization / informal regional group of states. The logic of interregionalism dwells on the wish for widening the geographic scope of economic interaction by opening new regional markets. Transregional cooperation, on the contrary, is promoted primarily by political factors, such as the wish of some states, which share common values, to unite their efforts in order to play a greater role in global governance. It is argued that the study of regionalism, interregionalism and transregionalism can make an essential contribution to the development of the contemporary theory of international relations. ; Регионализм как феномен международных отношений имеет давнюю историю, берущую начало в послевоенные годы. Он хорошо изучен как теоретически, так и практически. Исследователям не составляет труда идентифицировать «старый» и «новый» регионализм, объяснить его логику. Вместе с тем, классическая теория регионализма не позволяет осмыслить современные процессы межрегиональной и трансрегиональной интеграции, разворачивающиеся на наших глазах. Общим для них является то, что все они связаны с процессом глобализации и представляют собой коллективную реакцию на него, варьирующуюся от региона к региону. Вместе с тем, цели и масштаб их существенно разнятся. Регионализм опирается на межгосударственное и, шире, транснациональное сотрудничество в пределах международного региона. Он подчиняется логике установления институционализированных взаимосвязей, которые могут принимать различные формы – от регулярных консультаций на министерском уровне до создания наднациональных органов и выработки общей согласованной политики. Межрегиональное сотрудничество развивается на базе институционализированных соглашений между государствами-представителями двух и более международных регионов, которые могут выступать как поодиночке (так называемый квази- или гибридный межрегионализм), так и в составе региональной организации или неформального регионального блока. Логика межрегионализма основывается на стремлении расширить географию экономического взаимодействия за счёт выхода на новые региональные рынки. В основе трансрегионального сотрудничества, напротив, лежат, в первую очередь, политические факторы, а именно, стремление отдельных государств, разделяющих общие ценности, объединиться ради более эффективного участия в глобальном управлении. Представляется, что исследования регионализма, межрегионализма и трансрегионализма могут внести существенный вклад в развитие современной теории международных отношений.

The European Union (EU) has adopted a very generous region-to-region approach towards Latin America in recent decades. However, although the EU adopted the same interregional strategy across different policy areas, the quality of interregional interaction (and success) vary significantly. An interesting case of EU-driven interregionalism is the case of EU-Latin America science diplomacy. In this policy area, it seems that the EU's interregional approach has been particularly successful, as both regions continuously call for the creation and strengthening of a "Common Area for Higher Education, Research and Technology", and various high-level working groups and action plans have been established to achieve this end. Yet, a critical assessment of EU-Latin America interregional cooperation in the field of science, higher education and innovation has not been produced to date. This paper aims to fill this notable academic (and policy-making) gap by providing a thorough overview of (1) the EU's drivers behind this particular foreign policy action and the chosen interregional approach; (2) the applied policy instruments and actions of this specific case of EU-Latin American interregional relations; and (3) achieved impact of this specific case of EU-Latin American interregional relations.

Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 Two Decades of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Background: ASEM as an Evolving Forum -- 3 Institutional Design: ASEM as an International Forum for Dialogue -- 4 "Complex Interregionalism": ASEM as a Region-to-Region or Transregional Forum? -- 5 The Road Ahead: ASEM as a Divided Forum -- 5.1 The Challenge of Informal Dialogue -- 5.2 The Tension Between Dialogue and Tangible Outcomes -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 ASEM: Partnership for Greater Growth? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Golden Years-Momentum and Tangibility -- 3 Behind the Figures and Beyond -- 4 Asian FTAs and the WTO -- 5 What Role for ASEM? -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 ASEM and the Security Agenda: Talking the Talk but also Walking the Walk? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ASEM's Security Agenda -- 3 Non-interference -- 4 Recommendations with Little Follow-up -- 5 The Timid Role Model -- 6 None of ASEM's Business -- 7 Not a Priority -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 The Value-Added ASEM: The Socio-Cultural Dialogue -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cultural Cooperation Within the Mandate of ASEM: A Concise Overview of the Cultural Policy Agenda -- 3 The Asia-Europe Foundation -- 3.1 Origin and Organization -- 3.2 Development -- 3.2.1 Phase One: "Event-Organizer" -- 3.2.2 Phase Two: "Experimental Entrepreneur" -- 3.2.3 Phase Three: "Trademark" -- 3.2.4 Phase Four: Long-Lasting Value-Added Activities -- 4 The Nebulous Relationship Between ASEM and ASEF -- 4.1 ASEF's Contributions to the ASEM Process -- 4.1.1 Pluralization of Actors -- 4.1.2 The Value of Cultural Cooperation -- 4.1.3 Interregionalism Through Intellectual and Educational Exchanges -- 4.1.4 ASEF as an Expert on Asia-Europe Relations

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. 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.

In recent times, the Asia-Pacific region has far surpassed Europe in terms of reciprocal trade with the United States, and since the 1980s immigrants from Asia entering the United States have exceeded their counterparts from Europe, reversing a longstanding historical trend and making Asian Americans the country's fastest growing racial group. What does transpacific history look like if the arc of the story is extended to the present? The essays in this volume offer answers to this question challenging current assumptions about transpacific relations. Many of these assumptions are expressed through fear: that the ascendance of China threatens a U.S.-led world system and undermines domestic economies; that immigrants subvert national unity; and that globalization, for all its transcending of international, cultural, and racial differences, generates its own forms of prejudice and social divisions that reproduce global and national inequalities. The contributors make clear that these fears associated with, and induced by, pacific integration are not new. Rather, they are the most recent manifestation of international, racial, and cultural conflicts that have driven transpacific relations in its premodern and especially modern iterations. Pacific America differs from other books that are beginning to flesh out the transnational history of the Pacific Ocean in that it is more self-consciously a people's history. While diplomatic and economic relations are addressed, the chapters are particularly concerned with histories from the "bottom up," including attention to social relations and processes, individual and group agency, racial and cultural perception, and collective memory. These perspectives are embodied in the four sections focusing on China and the early modern world, circuits of migration and trade, racism and imperialism, and the significance of Pacific islands. The last section on Pacific Islanders avoids a common failing in popular perception that focuses on both sides of the Pacific Ocean while overlooking the many islands in between. The chapters in this section take on one of the key challenges for transpacific history in connecting the migration and imperial histories of the United States, Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, and other nations, with the history of Oceania