This volume presents the state of the art of the new phenomenon interregionalism examining both empirical observations and theoretical explanations.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Interregionalism: A New Phenomenon in International Relations Heiner Hänggi, Ralf Roloff and Jürgen Rüland Part 2: The Concept of Interregional Relations 2. Interregionalism in Theoretical Perspective: State of the Art Ralf Roloff 3. Interregionalism as a Multifaceted Phenomenon: In Search of a Typology Heiner Hänggi Part 3: The Geography of Interregional Relations Asia-America Relations 4. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Transregionalism with a New Cause? Vinod K. Aggarwal and Elaine Kwei 5. The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC): Embryonic Interregionalism Linda Low 6. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union: Limited Interregionalism Alfredo C. Robles, Jr. 7. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Process: Beyond the Triadic Political Economy? Christopher M. Dent 8. The New Transatlantic Interregionalism and the End of the Atlantic Alliance Charles A. Kupchan 9. The New Transatlantic Interregionalism: Balanced or Hegemonic? Werner Link 10. The European Union's relations with MERCOSUR: The Issue of Interregional Trade Liberalization Jörg Faust 11. Europe-Latin America (EU-LAC) Relations: Toward Interregional Coalition-Building? Andrew Crawley 12. The European Union and Southern Africa: Interregionalism between Vision and Reality Heribert Weiland 13. The Africa-Europe (Cairo summit) Process: An Expression of "Symbolic Politics" Gorm Rye Olsen Part 4: Comparative Aspects and Special Cases 14. Comparing Interregionalism: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Hanns W. Maull and Nuria Okfen 15. Beyond Transregionalism: Monetary Regionalism in East Asia Heribert Dieter and Richard Higgott 16. "Imagined" Interregionalism: Europe's Relations withthe African, Carribbean and Pacific States (ACP) Martin Holland 17. Hemispheric Interregionalism: Power, Domestic Interests, and Ideas in the Free Trade Association of the Americas (FTAA) Stefan A. Schirm 18. Between Regionalism and Transregionalism: The Indian Ocean Rim - Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) Christian Wagner Part 5: Conclusion 19. Interregionalism: An Unfinished Agenda Jürgen Rüland