Educational Module on Regional Integration

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INTRODUCTION
	Introducing Regional Integration
REGIONS DEFINED
	What is a region?
	The problem of definition
	Internal Dynamics
	Geographic and non-geographic regions
	Our definition of regions
	A typology of regions
	Micro-regions
	Cross-border regions
	Macro-regions
	Sub-regions
		The Middle East
WHAT IS INTEGRATION
	What is integration?
	Integration as a terminal condition
	Integration as a process
	Integration as a terminal combination of both
	Our definition of region
	Integration and Sovereignty
	Degree of Unity
	Order and power
	Different forms of integration
	Economic integration
		Free Trade Aria
		Customs Union
		- Example: Mercosur
		Common Market
		- Example: European Monetary Union
	Political integration
		Example: Organisation of African Unity
	Security integration
		Different types of security integration
		Example: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
	Our definition of Regional Integration