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Working Papers Series on Comparative Regional Integration Studies includes...
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Cultural Diversity and Regional Trade Agreements: The Case of Audiovisual Services
The difficult relationship between the two global public goods of cultural plurality andinternational economic integration is often analysed at world level, stressing thejurisdictional overlap between the WTO system and other...
By: Silvia Formentini and Lelio Iapadre [more]

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A Political Early Warning - Response System to Address Global and Regional Threats
In this essay I discuss how the international community could conceptualise, understand andreact to global and regional threats. The recent United Nations’ (UN) High-level Panel onThreats, Challenges and Change, and other world...
By: Tapio Kanninen [more]

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Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and Groups of ACP Countries: Will They Promote Development?
In this paper we explore the nature and effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements(EPAs) between the EU and groups of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.We argue that the direct economic effects from reciprocal...
By: Karel Van Hoestenberghe and Hein Roelfsema [more]

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Order in World Politics - An Inquiry into the Concept, Change and the EU's Contribution
This paper examines how the EU as an international actor contributed to the creation andsustenance of order in world politics since the end of the Cold War. To this end, it advancesan operationalization of order that takes the...
By: Erwin van Veen [more]

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Globalisation and the Knowledge-Based Society; Where does Europe Stand in Comparison to Other Regional Areas?
Economically, the last fifty years, the world has witnessed an unparalleled growth andtransformation. Economic development has been spurred by the opening up and ensuingexpansion of world trade and the dramatic reduction in...
By: Luc Soete [more]

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Globalism, Regionalism and Social Policy: Framing the Debate
First let us define social policy. Social policy may be defined in a number ofways that complement each other. Broadly speaking, it refers to “collectiveinterventions directly affecting transformation in social welfare,...
By: Nicola Yeates and Bob Deacon [more]