The Settlement of Conflicts within the Framework of Relations Between Regional Organizations and the United Nations: the case of Cuba, 1962–1964*

Introduction to UN-ASEAN Coordination: Policy Transfer and Regional Cooperation Against Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia

“…However, this body of literature focuses excessively on normative questions such as how to balance 'regionalism' with 'universalism' (Wilcox 1965;Haas 1958;Bhagwati 1992;Thomas and Magloire 2000;Winters 1996); or whether the revival of the UN is possible in the context of regionalisation (Brewer 2012;Hettne and Söderbaum 2006;Hikaru 2012). The growing trend of regionalism has also led to the investigation of practical questions regarding the optimal division of labour between regional and international organisations (Abass 2004;Wallensteen and Bjurner 2015;Wilson 1975) and the respective functions of organisations, mostly in matters of security and peace (Boulden 2013;Padelford 1954;Twitchett 1980). The circulation of policy knowledge between global and regional organisations has not been systematically investigated, possibly due to two reasons: methodological nationalism in the policy transfer literature and a fixation on 'inconsistencies' in ASEAN studies.…”