Europe's global links: the European Community and inter-regional cooperation
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Abstract
Part 1 Introduction - concepts and instruments: the dialogue of the EC/Twelve with other regional groups - a new European identity in international system?, Elfriede Regelsberger competing frameworks - the dialogue and its legal bases, Catherine Flaesch-Mougin. Part 2 Case studies - the dialgue in action: the Lome Covention - a model for partnership, Otto Schmuck the Euro-Arab dialogue, Elfriede Regelesberger cooperation with ASEAN - a success story, Manfred Mols relations with central and southern America - a question of over-reach, W. Grabendorff EC-EFTA relations - neighbours in search of a new partnership, Thomas Pedersen agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council - a promising if difficult beginning, E. Rhein EC-CMEA relations - normalization and beyond, Barbara Lippert. Part 3 The institutional framework - dialogue and the European actors: the Commission - protagonists of inter-regional cooperation, Simon Nuttall the Council of Ministers - the constraint on action, Andreas von Stechow the European Parliament - an emerging political role?, Karl-Heinz Neunreither European political cooperation - concerted diplomacy in an inter-regional context, Peter von Jagow. Part 4 Conclusions - the dialogue and its place in the European and international systems: the relevance to theory to group-to-group dialogue, Geoffrey Edwards.