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    Assignment in The Contemporary World - Lesson 5 - A World of Regions

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    Regionalism differs from but is also related to globalization. While globalization increases international connections through policies, regionalism replaces the role of nation-states with regional groupings. Regionalism contributes to and is guided by globalization. State-to-state regionalism decentralizes power to regional governments within unitary states, while non-state regionalism refers to ethnic groups that do not have their own state but seek one. Various triggers for regionalist projects include responding to limitations of globalizing institutions, securing regional markets and economic strength through regional trade agreements, and dealing with forces of global markets on a regional level.

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    Regionalism differs from but is also related to globalization. While globalization increases international connections through policies, regionalism replaces the role of nation-states with regional groupings. Regionalism contributes to and is guided by globalization. State-to-state regionalism decentralizes power to regional governments within unitary states, while non-state regionalism refers to ethnic groups that do not have their own state but seek one. Various triggers for regionalist projects include responding to limitations of globalizing institutions, securing regional markets and economic strength through regional trade agreements, and dealing with forces of global markets on a regional level.

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    Assignment No.

    5 in The Contemporary World

    Instructions:
    Answer the following questions. 5 points each question.
    1. How is regionalism different from and yet a part of globalization?
    - Globalization is different from regionalism in a way that globalization works
    through an ongoing process under which international organizations and countries
    interact with each other through various policies to increase trade and
    connections, while regionalism works by replacing the central role of the nation-
    state in international relations by a region, obtained either by the fragmentation of
    the space of the state or by the unification of the territories of several states, such
    as the formation of regional grouping of the Association of Southeast Asian
    Nations (ASIAN). But globalization and regionalism are related and connected by
    the fact that the interdependence and interconnectedness that comes with being a
    part of a globalized world can be facilitated by regionalism to maintain a balance
    of economic power between regions. In fact, regionalism contributes to
    reinforcing globalization processes and, at the same time, globalization guide
    national decision-makers in how they deploy their regional policies.

    2. What is the difference between state-to state regionalism and non-state regionalism?
    - State-to-state regionalism means “regionalized unitary state,” a term used to
    denote a formally unitary state where a high degree of political power has been
    highly decentralized to regional governments. In many cases, the regions are
    based on long-standing cultural divisions”, and non-state regionalism is also
    called “non-state nation or stateless nation.” It is an ethnic group or nation that
    does not possess its state (state to state) is not the majority population in any
    nation-state. The term non-state implies that the group should have such a state.

    3. What triggers various regionalist project?


    - Although the end of Cold war and related consequence both enabled and
    motivated regionalism, regionalism had occurred in response to the faults the
    system of ‘globalization’ contains. An example is, in globalizing institutions such
    as the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization,
    agreements binding governments to liberalization of markets restrict their ability
    to pursue macroeconomic policies. However, in the economic sphere, regionalism
    has proven to be extremely effective in helping to secure markets and providing
    economic strength through the creation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs).
    Under RTAs, economic policies remain more stable and consistent since they
    cannot be violated by a participant country with provoking some kind of sanctions
    from other members. An excellent example of this is the North American Free
    Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) stabilization and increase of Mexico’s political and
    economic policies. Thus, advances of globalization, existing economic
    interdependence levels and globalization of structures of international economy in
    particular led states to engage in projects which try to deal with the forces of the
    global market in regional bases.

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