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Assessing the long-term fallout from the 2003 Iraq War from three perspectives-the state, regional and international-this article argues that the war generated a series of changes that have had a central impact on the political evolution and international relations of the Middle East, though not in the manner anticipated by either its supporters or critics. The war and its consequences, which have become merged with developments surrounding the Arab Spring uprisings, which started at the end of 2010, have contributed over the long term to the acceleration of popular demands for the greater liberalization of politics, to shifts in the regional balance of power and to international realignments. Authoritarian regimes across the region have been increasingly challenged; there are new sectarian divides; Iran has been empowered by the demise of its old rival Saddam Hussein; new 'pivotal' states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey have emerged; and western powers have had to review their policy prescriptions and assumptions of regional predominance. The new regional order is both fragile and contested. Taking a long view of the Iraq War on its tenth anniversary is important and relevant to understanding contemporary developments in the region-whether in Syria or elsewhere-and serves to highlight patterns of continuity as well as change. Given the continuing violence and bloodshed in Iraq itself, it also offers some important lessons to regional and external powers about the perils of intervention. (International Affairs (Oxford) / SWP)

Fawcett (politics, St Catherine's College, Oxford U., UK) and Serrano (politics, El Colegio de M xico) present a methodologically diverse collection of 11 essays discussing the issues of regionalism and governance in North and South America. The two opening essays synthesize the theoretical debate about regionalism and provide historical context of

pt. 1. European integration studies as a reference for regional and interregional cooperation -- pt. 2. European interregionalism and de facto drivers of regional cooperation -- pt. 3. European interregionalism and de jure drivers of regional cooperation -- pt. 4. European interregionalism and cognitive drivers of regional cooperation -- pt. 5. European interregionalism and instrumental drivers of regional cooperation.

Is the EU isolated within the emergent multipolar world? Concentrating on interregional relations and focussing on the European Union's (EU) evolving international role with regards to regional cooperation, this innovative book collects a set of fresh empirical analyses of interregional ties binding the EU with its Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, as well as with Asia, Africa and the Americas. The 25 leading authors from 5 continents have contributed original and diverse chapters and the book advances a novel theoretical post-revisionist approach beyond both the Eurocentrism of Europe First perspectives as well as the Euroscepticism of those advocating to simply move Beyond Europe. After a Foreword by A. Acharya, the book's five sections reflect the main drivers of EU interregional policies: The European Union as a Sophisticated Laboratory of Regional and Interregional Cooperation (with chapters by M. Teló, L. Fawcett and T. Risse), De Facto Drivers of Regionalism (F. Ponjaert, M.Shu, A. Valladão and C. Jakobeit), De Jure Drivers of Regionalism (S. Lavenex, G. Finizio, C. Jakobeit, R. Coman, C. Cocq & S. Teo L-Shah), Cognitive Drivers of Regionalism (J. Rüland, E. Fitriani, S. Stavridis & S. Kingah, P. Bacon), and Instrumental Drivers of Regionalism (B. Delcourt, C. Olsson & G. Müller, A. Malamud & P. Seabra and L. Fioramonti & J. Kostopoulos) .--