Regional Cooperation, Organizations and Problems


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Encyclopedia of Public International Law, 6: Regional Cooperation, Organizations, and Problems focuses on regional organizations, cooperation, and problems, including boundary disputes, membership, and functions of organizations. The publication first elaborates on the American-Canadian Boundary Disputes and Cooperation, American-Mexican Boundary Disputes and Cooperation, Andean common market, League of Arab States, and the Association of South-east Asian Nations. Discussions focus on structure and organization, activities, evaluation, membership, functions, and establishment, objectives, and principles. The text then examines the Balkan Pact of 1953/1954, Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, Benelux Economic Union, and boundary disputes between China and USSR. The manuscript considers the boundary disputes in Latin America and Africa, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, European Atomic Energy Community, European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations. The publication also takes a look at the Economic Community of West African States, European Atomic Energy Community, and the European Atomic Energy Society. The book is a vital source of information for researchers interested in regional organizations, cooperation, and problems.







Crafting Cooperation


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Regional institutions are an increasingly prominent feature of world politics. Their characteristics and performance vary widely: some are highly legalistic and bureaucratic, while others are informal and flexible. They also differ in terms of inclusiveness, decision-making rules and commitment to the non-interference principle. This is the first book to offer a conceptual framework for comparing the design and effectiveness of regional international institutions, including the EU, NATO, ASEAN, OAS, AU and the Arab League. The case studies, by a group of leading scholars of regional institutions, offer a rigorous, historically informed analysis of the differences and similarities in institutions across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa. The chapters provide a more theoretically and empirically diverse analysis of the design and efficacy of regional institutions than heretofore available.




Regional Cooperation, and the Role of International Organizations and Regional Integration


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The authors examine regional cooperation among neighboring countries in the area of regional public goods. These public goods include water basins (such as lakes, rivers, and underground water), infrastructure (such as roads, railways, and dams), energy, and the environment. Their analysis focuses on developing countries and the potentially beneficial role that international organizations and regional integration may play in bringing the relevant countries to a cooperative equilibrium. A major problem in reaching a cooperative solution is likely to be the lack of trust. If neighboring countries do not trust each other because of past problems, they may fail to reach a cooperative solution as each tries to maximize its gain from the regional public good. These strategies typically do not account for spillover effects and ultimately leads to losses for all parties. Other constraints on reaching a cooperative solution are its complexity and the financial requirements. Two types of institutions may help resolve some or all of these problems. International organizations can help with trust, expertise, and financing. The United Nations and the World Bank have been involved in a number of such projects in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere, and have been successful in helping parties reach cooperative solutions. Regional integration agreements, though not necessary for regional cooperation, may also be helpful by embedding the negotiations on regional cooperation in a broader institutional framework. The authors examine these issues with the support of both analysis and a number of case studies.




Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World


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Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World examines conflict management capacities and gaps regionally and globally, and assesses whether regions--through their regional organizations or through loose coalitions of states, regional bodies, and non-official actors--are able to address an array of new and emerging security threats.




Regional Cooperation in the South Caucasus


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The South Caucasus region, comprising the former Soviet states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia occupies a key strategic location, squeezed between the Black and Caspian Seas, Iran, Russia and Turkey. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the region has become an arena of geopolitical confrontation with regional powers such as Russia, Turkey and Iran vying for influence in the face of growing Western involvement. The Russian military intervention in Georgia in 2008 not only raised questions about Moscow's intentions towards its 'Near Abroad' and the future direction of its foreign policy, it also demonstrated that ostensibly local separatist disputes have serious ramifications for regional relations and the wider international community. In this book, German explores the extent of regional cooperation in the South Caucasus, analyses the reasons for the relative lack of regional cooperation and assesses the potential for deeper cooperation in the future.




The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Eurasian Geopolitics


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Part 1: The SCO as Organization. - 1. Michael Fredholm, Too Many Plans for War, Too Few Common Values: Another Chapter in the History of the Great Game or the Guarantor of Central Asian Security? 3. - 2. Pan Guang, The Spirit of the Silk Road: The SCO and China's Relations with Central Asia 20. - 3. Yu Bin, The SCO Ten Years After: In Search of Its Own Identity 29. - 4. Mirzokhid Rakhimov, The Institutional and Political Transformation of the SCO in the Context of Geopolitical Changes in Central Asia 62. - Part 2: The SCO and the World. - 5. Alyson J. K. Bailes and Jóhanna M. Thórdisardóttir, The SCO and NATO 85. - 6. Zhao Weiming, Relations between the SCO and United States: Retrospect and Prospects 118. - 7. Yang Hongxi, The Evolution of the U.S. Attitude towards the SCO 132. - 8. Ingmar Oldberg, The Importance of the SCO in a Russian Perspective 141. - 9. Li Lifan, The SCO and How Chinese Foreign Policy Works: The Global Influence of its Central Asia Policy 152. - 10. Swaran Singh, India and the SCO: Better Late Than Never 162. - 11. Anita Sengupta, Rethinking Regional Organizations: Turkey and the SCO 176. - 12. Yang Cheng, The Shanghai Spirit and SCO Mechanisms: Beyond Geopolitics 199. - Part 3: The SCO and Central Asia. - 13. Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse, Friendship with Moderation: The Central Asian Point of View on the SCO 229. - 14. Zhuldyz Tulibayeva and Aigerim Sadvokassova, The SCO and Prospects for Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia 253. - 15. Liu Junmei and Zheng Min, Financial Cooperation among SCO Member States: Review and Prospects from China's Perspective 264. - 16. Sreemati Ganguli, The SCO: An Energy Alliance in the Making 277. - 17. Marianne Laanatza, Central Asia, Energy, and Trade Policies from the SCO's Perspective 294.







Regional Integration and Future Cooperation Initiatives in the Eurasian Economic Union


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The integration of the Eurasian Economic Union has been under constant development as officials try to successfully implement new economic policies within its various regions. Introducing a new policy such as this creates the formation of new markets, the improvement of cooperation initiatives, as well as a new legislative base and supplementations. These continual alterations require updated analysis and research for political leaders to follow regarding provincial incorporation methods. Regional Integration and Future Cooperation Initiatives in the Eurasian Economic Union is an essential reference source that discusses the conceptual and empirical frameworks of the current phase of Eurasian integration as well as its economic impact. Featuring research on topics such as multilateral cooperation, free trade, and international views, this book is ideally designed for politicians, economists, strategists, public relations specialists, research scholars, policymakers, students, and academicians seeking coverage on regional integration issues in modern Eurasia.




Central Eurasia in Global Politics


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This anthology brings together studies of post-colonial, post-Cold War, Central Eurasia. This part of the world is in transition to independent statehood, nation building and the release of market forces. The objective of the work is to better comprehend the process of state-nation building.