Regionalism And World Regionalism

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World Regionalism
“Regionalism presented some obstacles in the past, but the boundaries are beginning to disappear and we have this wonderful, intellectual synergism”.
- William Jenkins
Regionalism! is very broad term. Region is defined as a geographical unit which is delimited form each other it is also a social system that reflects the relation between different human beings and groups. Regions are an organised cooperation in cultural, economic, political or military fields. Region acts as a subject with distinct identity, language, culture and tradition.

Regionalism is an ideology and political movement that seeks to advance the causes of regions. As a process it plays an important role on international level. Both types of regionalism have different meaning and have positive as well as negative impact on society, polity, diplomacy, economy, security, culture, development, negotiations, etc.

At the international level, regionalism refers to transnational cooperation to meet a common goal or to resolve a shared problem or it refers to a group of countries such As- America, Australian, Western Europe, or Southeast Asia, linked by geography, history, cultural and economic features.
Regionalism in international arena-
Regionalism in international sense “The use of common cultural identities to define regions grew out of the process of decolonization, which was observed to lead to the construction of culture blocs”.

There are two types of international regionalism. First,

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