The development of coherent and effective relations with other regions and countries is one of the most challenging tasks faced by the European Union. This original volume explores the EU's engagement with the global South, focusing on three controversial policy areas: economic cooperation, development cooperation, and conflict management. There is a discussion of the EU's interregional model - which promotes interaction with regions rather than nation-states - that provides a backdrop for case studies of EU policies with regard to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. While disclosing the tensions and overlaps between the EU's foreign policies and those of its member states, the authors also highlight an increasing trend toward successful policy coordination.
1 The ED and the Global South by Fredrik Soderbaum and Patrik Stalgren 1
Pt. 1 The EU's Interregional Model
2 EU Foreign Policy: The Interregional Model by Bjorn Hettne 15
3 EU Policies Toward the Global South by Sven Grimm 43
Pt. 2 Economic Cooperation
4 From Lome to Economic Partnership Agreements in Africa by Mary Farrell 65
5 The Ups and Downs of lnterregionalism in Latin America by Sebastian Santander 89
6 A Move Toward Hybrid lnterregionalism in Asia by Mary Farrell 115
Pt. 3 Development Cooperation
7 The Limits to Interregional Development Cooperation in Africa by Fredrik Soderbaum and Patrik Stalgren 141
8 The Nature of Interregional Development Cooperation in Latin America by Anne Haglund Morrissey 159
9 Development Cooperation as a Building Block for Interregional Relations in Asia by Sven Grimm 185
Pt. 4 Conflict Management
10 Unassertive Interregionalism in the Great Lakes Region by Stefaan Smis and Sevidzem Stephen Kingah 205
11 The Impact of EU Conflict Management in Colombia by Philippe De Lombaerde and Geert Haghebaert and Socorro Ramirez and An Vranckx 225
Pt. 5 Conclusion
12 Reflections on the ED and the Global South by Bjorn Hettne and Fredrik Soderbaum and Patrik Stalgren 249
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 269
References 275
The Contributors 297
Index 299
About the Book 319