PART I Introduction 1 1 Interregionalism: A new phenomenon in international 3 relations HEINER HNGGI, RALF ROLOFF AND JRGEN RLAND PART II The concept of interregional relations 2 Interregionalism in theoretical perspective: Sate of the art RALF ROLOFF 3 Interregionalism as a multifaceted phenomenon: In search of a typology HEINER HNGGI PART III The geography of interregional relations Asia-America relations 4 The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Transregionalism with a new cause? VINOD K. AGGARWAL AND ELAINE KWEI 5 The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC): Embryonic interregionalism LINDA LOW Asia-Europe relations 6 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union: Limited interregionalism ALFREDO C. ROBLES, JR. 7 The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process: Beyond the triadic political economy? CHRISTOPHER M. DENT Transatlantic relations 8 The new Transatlantic interregionalism and the end of the Atlantic Alliance CHARLES A. KUPCHAN 9 The new Transatlantic interregionalism: Balanced or hegemonic? WERNER LINK Europe-Latin America relations 10 The European Union's relations with MERCOSUR: The issue of interregional trade liberalization JoRG FAUST 11 Europe-Latin America (EU-LAC) relations: Towards interregional coalition-building? ANDREW CRAWLEY Africa-Europe relations 12 The European Union and Southern Africa: Interregionalism between vision and reality HERIBERT WEILAND 13 The Africa-Europe (Cairo Summit) process: An expression of "symbolic politics" GORM RYE OLSEN PART IV Comparative aspects and special cases 14 Comparing interregionalism: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) HANNS W. MAULL AND NURIA OKFEN 15 Beyond transregionalism: Monetary regionalism in East Asia HERIBERT DIETER AND RICHARD HIGGOTT 16 "Imagined" interregionalism: Europe's relations with the African, Carribbean and Pacific States (ACP) MARTIN HOLLAND 17 Hemispheric interregionalism: The Free Trade Association of the Americas (FTAA) STEFAN A. SCHIRM 18 Between regionalism and transregionalism: The Indian Ocean Rim - Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) CHRISTIAN WAGNER PART V Conclusion 19 Interregionalism: An unfinished agenda JRGEN RLAND Bibliography Index.