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Abstract This article reflects on how the concept of regionalism has been used to explain and interpret Central Asian politics since independence. It argues that regionalism, often a norm-laden analytical category based Eurocentric assumptions, tends paint region as “failed” regional states incapable institutionalizing multilateral relations. In its place, suggests order, which is more neutral ...

Somewhat incongruously, as global economic integration progressed the trend towards regionalism also strengthened. This paper introduces readers to the contemporary wave of regionalism. It delves into the principle characteristics of the second wave of regionalism, how it is different from the first and what is its texture. It focuses on regionalism in the Asia-Pacific region, which was slow to...

This brief comment, written in response to Professor Lisa Alexander’s, “The Promise and Perils of ‘New Regionalist’ Approaches to Sustainable Communities,” reviews Professor Alexander’s assessment of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program. This comment suggests that although the ability to approach regionalism from a national...

In a nutshell, 21st century regionalism is not primarily about preferential market access as was the case for 20th century regionalism; it is about disciplines that underpin the tradeinvestment-service nexus. This means that 21st century regionalism is driven by a different set of political economy forces; the basic bargain is “foreign factories for domestic reforms” – not “exchange of market a...

Mismatch of territories under authority of local governments with urban-regional activity domains, on one hand, has caused numerous problems and, on the other hand, has hindered taking maximum advantage of regional capacities and partial and competitive advantages. Hence, application of a new regionalism approach, which focuses on shared planning and management by all stakeholder groups within ...