scholarly journals Les processus d'intégration régionale, vecteurs de recomposition du système international ?

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck Petiteville
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
International System ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
New Regionalism ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
The World ◽  
Real Chance

Since the late eighties, the new regionalism is the most important wave of regionalism ever experienced in the world: every continent is now involved in one or several regional integration processes. This article aims at assessing the real impact of these processes on the international System. The method consists of comparing and building typologies of the main regional integration processes which have been created out of Europe, according to four criteria: the sense of the integration, the quality of political cooperation between the member states, the degree of economic integration, and the degree of institutional and political integration. The outcome of the analysis is that, except from Europe, integration is rarely scheduled to go deep or has a real chance to go deep in the short term. Hence the ability of the new regionalism to shape the international system deeply remains quite limited.

scholarly journals Movable Possessions: alternative housing through adaptable design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Adaptable Design ◽  
Alternative Housing ◽  
The World

Poor communities around the world have developed architecture without architects. Subsidized low-income housing has been built as if to provide only a shortterm solution. Poverty and lack of affordable housing is not a short-term problem but an ongoing issue that demands creative adaptable solutions for a changing world. Adaptable architecture is essential for the redesign of affordable housing that is environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. In order to mend the broken bond between lower-incomes and the architectural quality of space, this design research strives to both defend and produce affordable architectural alternatives to housing through the use of adaptable design principles and strategies found within Barbados’ Vernacular Architecture, the Chattel house.

The Institutions of TPP11: Back to the Future?

2019 ◽  
pp. 523-536
Author(s):  
Robert Howse
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Divide And Conquer ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Critical Account ◽  
Governance Institutions

This chapter canvasses the institutions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—left entirely unchanged in TPP11—to assess their cumulative potential to contribute to ties of solidarity among regulatory elites and consequently foster (mega)regional integration. The promise of treaty institutions as conduits of sanguine economic integration, the narrative championed by TPP’s architects, is contrasted with a more critical account in which plurilateral institutions are seen to serve as mechanisms to advance particular economic interests in the face of opposition in the almost-universal trade governance institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). This “divide and conquer” strategy, so the argument goes, dominates in TPP’s institutions, which remain generally weak and unconnected to existing frameworks in Asia and beyond. But they also vary significantly between stronger mechanisms primarily for business interests and almost entirely aspirational efforts in more social areas such as environment, labor, and development.

Prospects of Development of Silk Road Economic Belt and New Opportunities of Economic Growth

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2636
Author(s):  
Zhanibek ZHARTAY ◽  
Zhibek KHUSSAINOVA ◽  
Gulzhan ABAUOVA ◽  
Botagoz AMANZHOLOVA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
New Regionalism ◽  
The World ◽  
Silk Road Economic Belt ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Further Development ◽  
The Silk Road

The article analyzes the genesis and the potential of the Chinese Program ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’, as well as limiting factors and perspectives of further development. The article explains the dialectical relationship and the dualistic nature of regionalization. The author's hypothesis is based on the idea that the dominant purpose of regional integration as a model of the active participation of the consolidated group of countries in the region in the globalization process of stratification of the world is the desire of the participating countries to take a higher position (stratum) in the global hierarchy, and eliminate the possibility of a drift towards the periphery. The author used the concept of methodological possibilities of the ‘theory of the new regionalism’ and geopolitical doctrine of Eurasianism to explain the background and development of the capacity of the Silk Road Economic Belt, that allow to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative parameters of the Silk Road Economic Belt functioning, limiting factors and perspectives for its further development.

The Impact of Domestic Politics and International Changes on the Brazilian Perception of Regional Integration

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (01) ◽  
pp. 125-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tullo Vigevani ◽  
Haroldo Ramanzini Júnior
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
International System ◽  
Common Market ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
The World ◽  
International Setting ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article aims to analyze the impact of domestic politics and international changes that influence Brazilian positions regarding regional integration processes in South America, particularly the Southern Common Market, Mercosur. The dynamics of the international system and their impact on the evolution of the elite's perception of the role the country should play in the world are important variables for understanding these positions. The state's postures in relation to integration were and are based on a real interest, but this interest is also linked with the objective of ensuring better conditions for participation in other international arenas. Starting with the hypothesis that transformations in the international setting have strongly influenced Brazil's positioning, the elements of continuity and change in the country's behavior toward Mercosur are identified, with domestic politics as the main explanation.

scholarly journals The Concept of Multipolarity: Diversity of Approaches and Interpretations

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 424-445
Author(s):  
Vladislav S. Soluianov
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
International System ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Regional Powers ◽  
Regional Approach ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Impact

The author regards multipolarity as a question open for discussion, the variety of answers to which contribute not only to the comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon, but also to the perception of processes taking place in the world politics. The content of the multipolarity concept is revealed through the perspectives of realism, neorealism, civilizational approach, regional approach, liberalism, and constructivism. From the realism perspective, multipolarity can be considered as an objective reflection of the world development. The foundation of multipolarity consists in the growth of economic, military, and political potential of non-Western powers and the weakening of the US position as a global leader. Neorealism views multipolarity as a property of the international system which affects the behavior of states. The civilizational approach focuses on identifying civilizations as new actors and centers of power on the world stage. The regional approach highlights the importance of the increasing regionalization processes and creation of regional integration systems, which contribute to the formation of multipolarity in the context of the rise of regional powers and weakening of the USs world position. Liberalism seeks to assess the impact of multipolarity on the stability and security of the international system. Along with the predictable attitude to multipolarity as a threat to peace and security, there is another more optimistic point of view. Constructivism regards multipolarity as a foreign policy discourse and a project of several states, primarily Russia. The results allow to see multipolarity from different perspectives and develop a more comprehensive and objective understanding of this phenomenon.

International Programs and Possibilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 171-186
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Corporate Behavior ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Supplier Networks

Leaders are responsible for allocating and managing resources for agility and absorption. The orange world may mean short-term careers, but short-term projects, with key leaders as the core of the organization who remain for long periods. In the blue world are global influencers. Capitalism is leading growth, and employees have everything they need to develop innovation, health insurance, and technology. In this blue world, leading and seeing people is the most important asset. The corporation will develop corporate cultures that empower the workforce and quality of life for employees. The green companies develop a powerful and influential social conscience and sense of responsibility. Often consumers will demand this by lobbying for a change in corporate behavior. Green companies develop strong controls over their supplier networks and demand ethical practice from all vendors in their supply chains. With the world becoming more complex and turbulent, now more than ever we must look at how we frame and reframe our organizations to fit the future. This chapter explores international programs and possibilities.

Specifics of Integration Processes in the Former Soviet Union: The Case of the Eurasian Economic Union

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1402
Author(s):  
Assem OINAROVA ◽  
Ramazan ALIMKULOV ◽  
Sholpan TLEPINA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Regional Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Union

In the present settings, the development of the world economy follows a key trend that consists in regional economic integration. It is quite predictable that the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are promoting the project of economic integration aiming to secure certain positions in the developing new structure of the global economic system. This study aims to establish whether EAEU meets the criteria for an international organization of regional integration, as well as to consider whether the EAEU countries can successfully combine their membership with the membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The study was based on specific techniques and methods for the research of phenomena and processes. In a bid to reach the objectives of the study, the authors considered the scientific opinions, online data sources, as well as the analytical data available on the official websites of EAEU, WTO and the Eurasian Economic Commission. The importance of the study lies in the actionable advice on the improvement of integration that was provided based on the analysis of the regional economic integration processes within EAEU. The study concludes that the EAEU was established in accordance with the norms of international law and that the Union possesses every attribute of an international organization. In addition to that, as a result of examining EAEU’s ‘outer borders,’ the study revealed certain problems for the member states in trying to maintain their EAEU membership alongside with the membership in WTO.

scholarly journals Markets Matter: The Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in ASEAN and Its Implications for Asian Regionalism

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lurong Chen ◽  
Philippe De Lombaerde ◽  
Ludo Cuyvers
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
The World ◽  
Asian Regionalism ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

This paper attempts to shed new light on further deepening the economic integration process in Southeast Asia using a quantitative assessment of the potential for further developing intra-regional trade. It is evident that ASEAN's export space is expanding faster than the world average and that there is still room for ASEAN countries to further develop the role of their intra-regional trade. To improve its export potential, ASEAN should liberalize trade not only intra-regionally but also globally. It could be in ASEAN's interest to accelerate the pace of regional integration under frameworks that involve the participation of non-ASEAN countries, especially an ASEAN Framework for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

The fragmentation and consolidation of international systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J. Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Stability Theory ◽  
International System ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
International Systems ◽  
Hegemonic Stability

The world today, Benjamin Barber points out, is “falling precipitantly apart and coming reluctantly together at the very same moment.” While states from Canada to India are threatened with breakup due to fractious nationalist impulses of their peoples, the power of technology and markets is forcing ever-tighter economic integration worldwide. From a common-sense perspective, these two impulses are among the most important processes in contemporary world politics. Yet, there has been remarkably little attention paid to developing a theory of the international system that examines the effects of both. Hegemonic stability theory considers economic integration but not nationalism; the few studies of nationalism as a systemic force play down the effects of economic integration; and neorealism, the most widely accepted theory of the international system, has no room to address either trend. The field is, partly as a result, a cacaphony of voices largely talking past one another.

scholarly journals China and New Regionalism in Africa - Conflict or Coherence?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Adam Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
New Regionalism ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Regional Approach ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The World

<p>What is Africa's best hope for advancing its development initiatives? Should each state seek to compete independently on the world stage? Should they seek to forge relationships with external partners and the power players in the world economy on a one-to-one basis? Or should they work together in conjunction with the economic giants of the globalised economy? Of these three possible approaches this article seeks to investigate the third. Can the African states use a regional approach to economic development whilst still engaging and benefitting from external benefactors? Or will the traditional and developing powerhouses in the world economy simply use Africa's efforts at regional integration as a way to garner favour and preferential access to African markets and resources? In the post colonial and post independence period, many African states sought to work with the former colonialists overlords in an attempt to develop their economies through a regional approach. Many of these attempts created little real benefit to the African peoples themselves. In the wake of these failed attempts at development via the perceived benefits of regional integration, new movements developed. A new approach to regionalism has appeared in the last three decades, whose hallmarks are quite different to the old approaches to regionalism. It is the intent of this article to make an empirical investigation into the progress of these new approaches to regional integration or 'the new regionalism' as it is often dubbed. I also wish to add a further element to this investigation. The 'old regionalism' traditionally featured African states seeking trade policy rationalisation/integration/development under the tutelage and patronage of the western states. However, one of key characteristics of the 'new regionalism' is that new partnerships between developing economies and the African states are emerging. These partnerships have the ability to either greatly help the African states in the path to development through regional integration, or they may hinder and derail these attempts. To this end I wish to investigate the greatest 'developing' economy in the world and its impact on Africa's regionalisation projects. I am referring here to China. China has shown interest in Africa as a continent that has huge potential and as one that can provide great benefit to China's rapid economic growth and expansion. To this end it seems particularly relevant to investigate how China seeks to expand its ties and increase its presence in the area. As both Africa and China can be seen as 'developing', albeit both at very different levels, it should be particularly interesting to see how these two geographical and demographic juggernauts work together in the pursuit of their own developments ...</p>

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