This book addresses the question of how the American continent engages with various forms of interregionalism, including how different regions within the Americas deal with other regions of the world as well as how they relate among themselves. The presence of different political, economic, and cultural sub-regions within the Americas makes the continent a perfect setting to explore differences and commonalities in the western hemispheres relationship with other regions across the globe.Interregionalism and the Americas tackles three unifying questions. First, what type and understanding of interregionalism characterize the Americas way to interregionalism, if any? Second, is summitry ultimately the major visible feature of interregionalism in the Americas and beyond? Third, is there anything typical or characteristic in the way in which the Americas engage with interregionalism? This book contributes both to the theoretical debates about interergionalism and to the empirical understanding of the phenomenon and makes a compelling case to strengthen the inter-American system and to advance a trilateral interregionalism mechanism between North America, Latin America, and Europe to stand up for their common values, norms, and preferred international order.

Gian Luca Gardini is chair of international business and society relations at Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Simon Koschut is visiting professor in international relations and European integration at the Otto Suhr Institute at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Andreas Falke is professor of international relations and chair of US and international studies at Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Foreword

Antonio Patriota

Daniel S. Hamilton

Introduction: Interregionalism and the Americas

Gian Luca Gardini

1. Interregionalism and the Americas: A Conceptual Framework

Gian Luca Gardini and Andrés Malamud

2. Reframing Multilevel Interregionalism between Latin America and the EU

Anna Ayuso

3. EU-CELAC: A Multi-Player Interregionalism: Redefining the Atlantic Area

Mario Torres Jarrín

4. The Strategic Partnership between Brazil and the EU: Motives and Consequences

Miguel Müller

5. Brazil in the BRICS: Towards New Forms of Hybrid-Interregionalism

Christina Stolte

6. Overlapping Interregionalism, Identities, and Transatlantic Security Governance: NATO, the EU, and the OSCE

Simon Koschut

7. Interregionalism and the Trump Disruption: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: A Post-Mortem

Andreas Falke

8. Trade Interregionalism between South America and Southern Africa

Frank Mattheis

9. Cuba as an Example of Trans-Atlantic Conflict, Shifting Triangles, and Incomplete Hybrid Interregionalism

Susanne Gratius

10. Re-mapping Latin America and East Asia Interregional Relations

Gonzalo S. Paz

11. The Language of Inter-American Relations: A Sentiment Analysis

Sara Ruiz Valverde

Conclusion

Gian Luca Gardini, Simon Koschut, and Andreas Falke

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