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Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since the 2000s, due to the increasing significance of regional powers in world politics, in order to understand global transformations, it has become crucial to examine how regional powers have been relating to their neighborhoods, complementing...
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autonomist (under Presidents Lula and Dilma); iii) Unasur's creation, as a source of Mercosur's weakening and IIRSA …'s politicization; iv) Mercosur's incapacity to embody a hub and spoke pattern of integration; and v) Brazil's and Argentina's foreign …This paper assumes that Mercosur has been under a crisis for the last four years, the main symptoms of which are …
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South America's security agenda demands the simultaneous management of domestic crises, interstate conflicts and transnational threats. Though located at different systemic levels (national, international, transnational), the three conflict clusters are often interrelated and tend to overlap in...
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. Our case studies on Mercosur in Latin America, ASEAN and SAARC in Asia, and SADC in sub-Saharan Africa caution against … larger and richer members are not necessarily the winners taking all. Third, the regional heavyweights Brazil, China, India …
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This work identifies the main characteristics of trade flows between Colombia and Venezuela with MERCOSUR, with … specific discussion of trade with Brazil. It aims at providing a broad view of such trade flows, as well as presenting some …
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considering the case of MERCOSUR as an example. …
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This article aims to show that, by analyzing both the historical development of regional integration processes in Latin America and the political and economic ideas behind them, ECLAC's ideas, from the 1950's and 1960's, about what features Latin American integration should present - a...
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The world trading environment has witnessed the proliferation of regional trading arrangements during the last decade. This development was accompanied by the perceived threat that this may bring to the rules-based multilateral trading system. The ASEAN for one have not only reaffirmed their...
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The paper aims to add to the understanding of the issues and suggests a framework to move toward the use of best practice in ROOs. Rules of origin (ROO), originally designed as uncontroversial and neutral devise for authentication and statistical purposes, have evolved over time to accommodate...
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This paper assesses the nexus between changes in governance structures - at national and cooperative international levels - and evolutionary processes of economic integration in light of regional policy targets in Asia. The analysis highlights the importance of improved governance as an...
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