Region-building

Ludger Kühnhardt has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and Professor of Political Science at Bonn University since 1997. He has been advisor to political leaders in Europe and Africa. As a Public Policy Scholar he has worked at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. As Visiting Professor he has taught and studied at renowned universities across the world, including St. Antony’s College Oxford, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Seoul National University, Cape Town University, and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has conducted research in comparative region-building in all continents.

• Introduction: The Global Proliferation of Region-BuildingLudger KühnhardtChapter 1. Region-Building in Europe European UnionTreaty Establishing the European Economic Community (The Treaties of Rome)Single European ActThe Treaty on European UnionTreaty of LisbonAmending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European CommunityChapter 2. Region-Building in Latin America and the CaribbeanCentral American Integration System (SICA)General Treaty on Central American Economic IntegrationTegucigalpa Protocol to the Charter of the Organization of Central American StatesConvention on the Statute of the Central American Court of Justice FrameworkTreaty on Democratic Security in Central AmericaAndean Community of Nations (CAN)Andean Subregional Integration Agreement (Cartagena Agreement)Trujillo ActTreaty Creating the Court of Justice of the Cartagena AgreementSucre ProtocolAdditional Protocol on the Treaty Establishing the Andean ParliamentAdditional Protocol to the Cartagena Agreement - Andean Community Commitment to DemocracyQuirama DeclarationCaribbean Community (CARICOM)Agreement Establishing The Caribbean Free Trade AssociationTreaty Establishing the Caribbean CommunityRevised Treaty of ChaguaramasEstablishing the Caribbean Community Including the CARICOM Single Market and EconomyThe Rose Hall Declaration on Regional Governance and Integrated DevelopmentSouthern Common Market (MERCOSUR)Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) Agreement (Treaty of Asuncion)Southern Common Market - Protocol of Ouro PretoThe Protocol of OlivosConstitutive Protocol of the Parliament of the MERCOSURChapter 3. Region-Building in Asia Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)The ASEAN-Declaration (Bangkok-Declaration)Declaration of ASEAN ConcordTreaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast AsiaDeclaration of ASEAN Concord IIKuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN CharterCharter of the Association of Southeast Asian NationsGulf Cooperation Council (GCC)The Cooperation Council - CharterThe Unified Economic Agreement between the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation CouncilThe Economic Agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council States (Revised)South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional CooperationAgreement on SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)Regional Convention on Suppression of TerrorismSocial Charter Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)Agreement for Establishment of SAARC Arbitration CouncilChapter 4. Region-Building in AfricaAfrican Union (AU)Organization of African Unity (OAU)Charter Treaty Establishing the African Economic CommunityThe Constitutive ActSolemn Declaration on a Common African Defence and Security PolicyEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)Treaty of ECOWAS (Revised)Southern African Development Community (SADC)Consolidated Text of the Treaty of the Southern African Development CommunityProtocol on Politics, Defence and Security CooperationPrinciples and Guidelines Governing Democratic ElectionsChapter 5. Region-Building in EurasiaCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)The Alma-Ata DeclarationCIS Treaty on Collective SecurityCharter of the Commonwealth of Independent StatesCIS Treaty on the Formation of an Economic UnionAgreement on Collective Peacekeeping Forces and Joint Measures on their Material and Technical SupplyAgreement on the Creation of a Common Economic SpaceChapter 6. Region-Building in the Pacific OceanPacific Islands Forum (PIF)Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum SecretariatPacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA)Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER)Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands ForumBibliographyIndexAbout the Editor