This book analyzes the relations between two geographical areas with different levels of regional institutionalization: the European Union and Latin America. Characterized by low interdependence and asymmetry, this relationship operates in different levels ranging from EU-individual countries to EU-Latin American summits.

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Roberto Dominguez is Associate Professor at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was Jean Monnet fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. His current research interest is on comparative regional security governance and European Union-Latin American Relations. His most recent publications is The OSCE: Soft Security for a Hard World (2014).

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List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations INTRODUCTION PART I: EU-LATIN AMERICAN INTERREGIONALISM 1.1. Regionalism and Integration 1.2. EU and Latin America 1.3. Regionness and Hybrid Interregionalism PART II: EU POLICIES TOWARD LATIN AMERICA 2.1. The EU System of External Relations 2.2. EU Institutions and Latin America 2.3. EU Policies and Latin America PART III: THE SUMMITS 3.1. Background of the Interregional Relationship 3.2. The Summits: Rediscovering the Other Transatlantic Relationship PART IV: ASSOCIATION AGREEMENTS 4.1. Mexico: The Frontrunner 4.2. Chile: Stability and Development 4.3. Central America: Halfway Integration PART V: ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES 5.1. Brazil: The New Global Player 5.2. Colombia: Reconciliation and Economic Growth 5.3. Peru: The Economic Miracle? 5.4. Colombia/Peru: Moving Forward 5.5. Ecuador: Reassessing the Strategy PART VI: REGIONAL PARTNERS 6.1. Mercosur: New Prospects 6.2. Cariforum: Transforming the Relationship 6.3. Andean Community: Integration in Decline PART VII: TENSE RELATIONSHIPS 7.1 Cuba: The Stagnation of the Model 7.2 Venezuela: No Prospects 7.3 Argentina: Unstable Recovery CONCLUSION Appendices Bibliography Index