Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction.- 1. Introduction and Theorizing: Regionalism and External Actors.- Part II. Comprehensive Mapping Studies.- 2. Regional Trade Regimes in Africa: Exploring Organizational Overlap and Externalities.- 3. External Actors and Security Regionalism in Africa: A New Dataset on External Funding.- Part III. Case Studies.- 4. Actors and ambitions in the European Union’s security policies towards Africa.- 5. France, EU and the Security (Dis)integration of the African Union.- 6. Desert Rose or Fata Morgana? The G5 Sahel and its Partnership with the European Union.- 7. Evaluating the effectiveness of the ECOWAS-EU interregional partnership on peace and security in the context of the Mali crisis.- 8. Causes and Effects of External Support to Regional Organisations: The Case of EU Support to the ECOWAS Commission.- Part IV. Conclusions.- 9. Conclusion.

About the Author

Johannes Muntschick is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. His research and teaching experience lies in the fields of international relations theory, international institutions, and regionalism in the Global South.