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Supporting regional integration has become a cornerstone of the European Union s relations with other regional groupings across the world. The policy has evolved considerably from modest beginnings in the 1980s to increasing commitments in both quantitative and qualitative terms in more recent years. This study examines the motivations that underpin this policy evolution, drawing on rich evidence from EU interregional relations with Mercosur, the Andean Community and Central America. By carefully tracing EU support for regional integration from the 1980s until today, Tobias Lenz argues that…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Supporting regional integration has become a
cornerstone of the
European Union s relations with other regional
groupings across the
world. The policy has evolved considerably from
modest beginnings in
the 1980s to increasing commitments in both
quantitative and
qualitative terms in more recent years. This study
examines the
motivations that underpin this policy evolution,
drawing on rich
evidence from EU interregional relations with
Mercosur, the Andean
Community and Central America. By carefully tracing
EU support for
regional integration from the 1980s until today,
Tobias Lenz argues
that the underlying policy motivations of relevant EU
actors have
shifted from considerations of geopolitics to a
geoeconomic impetus.
This development has been accompanied by and
interacted with a
strategic rivalry with the United States. This study
is of interest to
students of EU external relations and comparative
regionalism.