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This paper analyses interregional links between Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the Arab region. The relations between regional organizations in LAC and their peers in North Africa and the Arab world are still fairly nascent and represent a much understudied area. Recent institutional rapprochement between LAC regional organizations and North African and Arab regional institutions are remarkable however. The re-launching of South-South cooperation in a multipolar context over the past decades has boosted this trend. Relations and exchanges between both regions have grown constantly over the last 10–12 years, along with a progressive institutionalization of high-level political dialogue. This study aims to identify and analyze the main drivers behind this multi-layered interregionalism as well as the obstacles in its way, by examining how it is fostered by state and non-state actors in political, economic and social formations.
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Ayuso, A., Villar, S., Pastor, C., Fuentes, M. (2018). Actors and Opportunities: Interregional Processes Between the Arab Region and Latin America and the Caribbean. In: Mattheis, F., Litsegård, A. (eds) Interregionalism across the Atlantic Space. United Nations University Series on Regionalism, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62908-7_4
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