EU Trade Strategies or Globalization Technology and Philosophy

EU Trade Strategies: Between Regionalism and Globalization

Author: Vinod K Aggarwal

All is not well in the World Trade Organization. Does a global economy require global institutions? One possible alternative is interregionalism: economic integration between two distinct regions. This book explores the logic of interregionalism by focusing on the European Union, which has pursued agreements with Latin America, East Asia, and the Southern Mediterranean, among others. Why has the EU pursued this strategy? Based on a novel theoretical framework, the authors in this book explore EU interregionalism to provide us with insight into this new emerging face of the international political economy.

Table of Contents:

1	Between regionalism and globalism : European Union interregional trade strategies	1
2	Blueprint for an interregional future? : the European Union and the Southern Cone	41
3	Weaving a new silk road : Europe meets Asia	64
4	Why the Euro-med partnership? : European Union strategies in the Mediterranean region	93
5	Back to the nest? : Europe's relations with the African, Caribbean, and Pacific group of countries	118
6	Elusive interregionalism : the European Union and Eastern Europe	148
7	Be careful what you wish for : The European Union and North America	180
8	Explaining trends in EU Interregionalism	207

Book about: Global Leadership or Community Organizing and Community Building for Health

Globalization, Technology, and Philosophy

Author: David Tabachnick

Rather than focusing on political, economic, or social manifestations of technology and globalization, this book examines these related phenomena from a philosophical perspective. Prominent thinkers from philosophy, sociology, and political science reflect on a variety of important topics and individuals, including the Internet, citizenship, individuality, the human condition, spirituality, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kojève, and Strauss. The contributors ask whether political community and citizenship are still possible in an age of technology and globalization, and what it means to be human in a globalized technological society.

Author Biography: David Tabachnick is Fulbright Visiting Chair of International Studies at Portland State University. Toivo Koivukoski teaches political philosophy at Carleton University.