Relevance of Regions in a Globalized World

Galia Press-Barnathan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Ruth Fine is Salomon and Victoria Cohen Professor in Iberian and Latin American Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where she acted as Director of the European Forum and of the Institute of Western Cultures. Arie M. Kacowicz is Professor of International Relations and the Chaim Weizmann Chair in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

• Chapter One: Regions in a Globalized World: Bridging the Social Sciences–Humanities Gap Chapter Two: Preferential Trade Agreements in the Developing WorldChapter Three: Linking Economic Performance and Regional Institutionalism: More Local, Less Global?Chapter Four: Overlapping Regionalism and Region-Building in Africa Chapter Five: Focusing on Regions as the Way to Understand War and Peace Chapter Six: A New Cultural Geography of East Asia: Imagining a ‘Region’ through Popular Culture Chapter Seven: Nationalism, Religion, and Sub-State National Identity in Southeast Asia: Regional and Global Relevance Chapter Eight: The Middle East: A Volatile Region in Transition Chapter Nine: The Cantonese Pacific in the Making of Nations Chapter Ten: ’Linguistic Peace’? Reflections on the Interstate Security Consequences of Iberian American Linguistic Kinships versus European Linguistic Fragmentation Chapter Eleven: Regions of History: The International Congress for the Defense of Culture, Paris 1935 Chapter Twelve: The Role of Translatio/n in the Constitution of Community (Regional) Identities: The Interdependence of Europe and Latin America Chapter Thirteen: How the Ethiopians Changed their Skin: The Orient, Africa, and their Diasporas Chapter Fourteen: Conclusions: Imagining, Perceiving, Constructing, Explaining, and Understanding Regions