Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Bank of the South is Here, But Can Africa Bank on the Latin American Way of Regional Integration?

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The new multilateral institution is considered as an alternative to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and seeks to satisfy ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

ASEAN Apathy Bites the Dust with ASEAN Charter?

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"ASEAN, as an inter-governmental organization, is hereby conferred legal personality," says the Charter. According to the Blueprin...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

SAARC's Existential Angst (1)

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At a time when the SAARC region is in the news thanks to one of its key members, Pakistan, it beggars belief that there has been little eff...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Fwd: UNITED NATIONS COMMITS TO DELIVER AS ONE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL

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I am particularly encouraged by this release from the UN's African regional commission UNECA ( http://www.uneca.org ). I think it marks ...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Prospects for an AU govt: ISS Paper Review

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Prospects for an AU govt: ISS Paper Review 18 July, 2007 By E.K.Bensah II   Even at the best of times, regional integration is slo...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

UNCTAD discusses regional FTAs etc

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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues 11 October 2007 Third World Network www.twnside. org.sg     UNCTAD Board de...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

It's in the Eyes: Prayers for a Dying SAARC? Cross-Fertilising AU Dynamics!

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At a time when the African Union's Peace and Security Council has well and truly slapped sanctions on the "rebellious" Como...

TRADE: POSSIBILITIES AND PITFALLS FOR IBSA STATES

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TRADE: POSSIBILITIES AND PITFALLS FOR IBSA STATES Paulo Jorge JOHANNESBURG (IPS) - Enthusiasm tempered with notes of caution has characte...
Wednesday, October 03, 2007

African Union Peacekeepers Were Only Doing Their Job, but ASEAN must act in Myanmar

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Recent events in Burma and Sudan have conspired to remind me about the need to have regional responses to these regional crises. Regional, ...