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So Far, So Functional?
Examining Functional and Counter-Functional Dynamics in
Authoritarian Regional Cooperation
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Abstract
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dy dy wh hs w . Idd, s wh y d d-s
E , h s s dv y f dds s f h
d ss f h s. Hwv, v d dys (sh s h s
s f dy d y sss), whh , s y ss.
Ths -f dys y -d s s xd y
. Ths xs h y w f dds d -f-
dys h x f ‘v ss’ Es, h Gf, d Ws Af. As s s zd, wh s s s s f sh f h ss, h
dys d dy s f sh js sy .
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1. Id 5
2. Ex Rs: F d C-F Dys 6
3. M Ld Ass Ods 8
3.1 Cases: Limited Access Regions 10 3.2 Under Pressure: Collecve Challenges and Regional Autocrac
Protecon Funcons in the Gulf, Eurasia, and West Africa 10 3.2.1 Polical Control 11 3.2.2 Economic Control 14 3.2.3 Legimang Control 17
4. C-F Tds Es, h Gf, d Ws Af 21
5. Css 24
Rfs 26
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1. I
Ov h s dd, d f s ss h , h ss hv
sy d js. F L A h Gf, ds hv sh d ‘v’ ss s hs h s h s (As 2008;
L 2007; Vdh 2008; Js 2010; Kv 2011). A v, h -
s js , f s, vy d f h jy f ss h Ws. R
E, f x, ws vd y dss ssh d dy h
s f d E ss hh h f svy. Ah s,
y s, s sss dy, svy, d s y ss. Ths df-
fs d s s f h . S ds h ‘Nw Rs’
sh f hh, f x, hv dd h v h s – dd
s, fs dsds f s E – ds vy x w
-Ws ss f s (Shz . 2001: 3; Söd 2015; Söd 2016). M
dy, ‘d-d’ vws f I Rs hv qsd h vdy f y sy
‘-’ s d shs dvd f h ‘ Nh/Ws’ h ‘Sh/-Ws’
(Hs 2012; Ny/S 2010). Hwv, hs sss h, ds ds h f
d jvs f , s shs h dv f h
s dw f h x f s E. Idd, sv shs f
h w d d s hs hf dsd ss f s sd
f h Ws (Wh-L 2006). As ws h s wh y d-s s E,
w h ss s s ss dds f f ss
shd s (Böz/Rss 2016; Böz 2011: 12). Js s ss (sh s hs h EU) fd, y s sss h ssd h d f v ,
ss s f ( d) sss h sy .
Hwv, wh f dd-sd hs hv v x
(y h h f -fs d v hs f E ),
y -f dys hv d s wf v fs d -
v xs f s E. Idd, h E s, s h
post -f dys (sy sd s d vd y ds) h hv
d, , ss E s (Hh/Ms 2009). Idd, h
E x hs shd f f permissive consensus constraining dissensus, wh sv-
h -f dys (w z, s s f dy, d y
ds) y d , vy , h ss (Hh/Ms 2009: 5).
Wh dvs wds h xd w y f dd-sd
hs, -f dys h y h h
s s f ss. Wh h f jvs d -f-
dvs h xs , f s, y d f h E x,
h dy f s s h s. Ths s dys h -Ws ss ds-
ssd hs y ( xsvy) -d s s
(whh h y h E s). Hwv, ss vs wds
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exacerbate or focus hs -xs -f ss. Sh dy-
s s sd f E ds h v yh f s s, s hs w
ss hv h d f h E x d s h jvs
h E ws y s f . Fh, hs s sj y f hsame ‘d-z’ ds h E hs fd (Ks 2009: 222). Ths sss s h
s f dy d d z d y -ss f s h E d
h s.
T h, hs s h fs fs d -fs ss h
h s s shs x d -
sss s h ss d s w-s hs
d sd f E – sy s hhy ss s s -
s s sy. Ths xs hs sss h x f h js
s hzd y h s f h ss: h Gf, Es, d Ws Af. T d s, h
s dvdd f ss. Th s s dssss h f f d -f-
s s, fs sy h f/s-f ss s
E. Th sd s xs hw h ‘v’ h h h
s s s dy ss ( h ss f y )
f dd. Hwv, h f dds f h s q d-
f hs f h ds f d, - s. As sh, hs xs
hw h s dv y ds h s d f sss
dv f h ‘d ss d’ (Nh . 2007) hss f h syss. Th s
s sds s f h v -f dys h h h ss.
2. E R: F C-F D
Wh s shs f h ‘Nw Rs’ sh f hh hv d h ss f -
s sd f h Ws dfy x hh v fws sd h x
f h ‘ Nh’ (Shz . 2001; s s Ky 2007: 201f), hs s swh d
. As dsssd w, sss h s f h s fundamental dynamics s h E
s x s s ss f s s. As Wh-L (2006:
750) hs shw, h d w w d d hs xd; wh h
d f hs h draw on respecve shs f wh w ‘s-dvss’ f h s
sh . Idd, shs f w s (sh s fs dy d y) hv
w d sds f EU s d y (Hh/Ms 2009; Sddd 2015). As h
s f hs s, f h s dy dys f EU – h s w
f s d -f s (dy, y, d z)
– s s, dy, ss f h s sd f h Ws h
h fs f w s. Ov, hs ss w s hs
y sdy -Ws f fs sv whs
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v -f d dys. Wh hs ss -f (h h
sy s-f) y -Ws ss, h f s s s ss d hs
hs ss, wh h s f Wh-L (2006), fh d h
dvds w h w hs.
A s v, h s h sy s w -
h ss. Js h ds f -d ss (sy vy y ss f
s), s s dvs f, dy -v ss v,
s s. Th f h hs d h sss vs, f s, h
dy s s. Fs1 fs ontological tenet f /-
hy h ss s vd f ss v s.
H, h s d wh s hy x f , h
d f f hs. I h E x, h N-fs d
L Ivs s (y) fs h ss s qs
f v ss s s (Böz/Rss 2009: 217). N-fs s h
dvs f s s d s s sh ss
s s f s ( ) s. L Ivs sss h
ss svy z y ss f ds ss (Böz/Rss
2009: 217f ). Bh xs s f -sv .
Hh d Ms (2009: 3) hw f xs f ss ds
ddss h “sh w h s f h s” d h s f “
hy.” I , wh s sv s wh s ds ss y d s – h – hs s dd f f ( )
ddss h . Wh Hh d Ms’s (2009: 3) ds f fs v ds
y fy h ss (hy y d wh elite s h
h ‘h’ s d wh wys f s s f v sy h h h
h ss), h f ‘ sv’ s hs h d
y s fy w h .
As hs d y s shs (Hh/Ms: 2009; Böz/Rss: 2009), h E s,
f hs f s x h j vs d d f E
. Pd y h f fd E, Hh d
Ms (2009) h shs shd d post-funconalist h x E -
. D s s fs sy h wy h h E j hd zd, wh
h j dss d h dy--dy s f h EU fd hh syss d
s whh dy d ss hv h f (Ks 2009: 222; Hh/
Ms 2009: 3). Csqy, ss s (d hs s f y d dy) h yd
fs yss f sy s-fs h. Th s f
s -E/EU s (d dy) d sy E-s s
1 Th ‘fs’ dvs y f h w f Dvd My wh, h 1940s, ws y -
d wh hw fs s-w E hh d h s.
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sh s h Front Naonale F h Ud Kd Idd Py (UKIP) (f
h sh d) f hs d.
Ths fs sy d sss f “d-s” (Ks 2009: 222). Ths d:1) polical compeon, d h sh d f y sss s vs;
2) economic compeon, d z, , d dz; d, 3) cultural
compeon, d h - s f s, ds, d syhs
(Ks 2009: 222). Th hs f f ws d ss f hs sss, wh
ss (hs vy d y; hs wh h s d qs
dd dv f hs w ss; d hs whs ds hd
y s) sy s h E j.
Ahh h f jvs d s-f ss sd f E d f hs
E s f d xs, ys, d s, s f/-f-
dys hss sv xs. Ss sd f h Ws
s (d ss more) d y dz ds. Ds h s f dy,
wd s ss h -fs qss f dy d y y
h syss. I ys, shs hv ()x h h
y d y h ss (Gshws 2013; W 1998; Gv/
v Ss 2013; Shz 2006; Ksv 2012; Sddd 2015). Ths s y s v h
s v s s f v s (Kd-Ty/ Fz 2014). As w s,
js s f d wh h hs f y sss.
Hwv, s ss s xsd sss f s, z, d d-z, -f sss w h.
Hwv, s f h ss xd h, hs -f ss pre-date -
v/ s. Wh hs s s h s E s x (s, zd
-E s, d ss f fs q hs éq),
E hs sf yd hs dys (h post -f) d h
E ss d E h f hs s-fs ss. As
w dsssd w, hwv, s ds s ss
exacerbate xs -xs -fs ss h s. Idd, s
ss y hhd y sss f ‘d-z’ (s v),
s h fss, zs, d s hs ss
s.
3. Managing Limited Access Orders
U ds, h ss ‘d ss ds’ (LAO) (Nh . 2007).
Ms f h d zs f ss h v hs d d-
z s ( h, hyd, s, -, ss .)
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ds d fss f d ss ds. Wh h h ss f Es, h
Gf, d Ws Af vy h syss (h w s d, ss x, wh
s)2, h vs jy f h xh d ss hss. Th f d ss
d s hs ‘’ y h dss s h h syss. Is hf sf f yz h s, s vds - fw f
yss h s ( s s) h ys, whs h s w
f h s hss f v s (d h f d ys, s
w s h vs) h yss.
A LAO dss - sys wh ss ss d -
ss s sd y h s dsh vy s f s (Nh . 2007: 3). Ths
ss vd d s f ds d h d ss y
s h ssqy dsd h s f wf s d hs,
, s ds sy (Nh . 2007: 3). Idd, h -ds d -
s sh sys ss y wh h wf s wh s wh
h (dvd) y f v zd v dsz (Nh . 2007).
I y wf s d - h h sys, LAOs vd ds xd
f ss – sy d ds sy. Hwv, LAO syss d sy s -
vs vd h ds sh s h f w, h hs s y hs
xd wh ss ss d ss-dd zs sh s h
EU, I My Fd (IMF), d Wd B. Idd, sh fs ds f h
ds f d ss ds. S y hs, f x, h y sh
s w ss wh ssy. Lws, s s f h d v hs d’s y ss hs y s.
Fh, d ss ds, s ds ( hs sy s), d h z
hsvs d d-. Hsy, h s y f f h dwf s -
v y . Hwv, v h s fw dds h d f s sd y v (ss
j wh , f x Ey, B Fs) hs sd (Kd-Ty/Fz 2014).
As sh, s y – h s v d ss wy f vd ss – hs
sy f s. As d v, d ss ds dv (wh v) -
sy d ds sy – dss f y. Hwv, s w dsssd w,
s yd vd ds wh s f h ss
d hs h d, ds y (Es 1975).
2 Es, f x, ss x f h f s-h s-h - s-Sv
ss sh s Kzhs d Rss (F . 2009) sd h sy h d vy
s- Bs. I h Gf, svs f , -s hs h sy
h (Dvds 2012; Kv 2010). Ws Af, y s, xhs h s - y
h E hy, wh sdd ds sh Gh sd h ss sh s G
d G-Bss. Th jy f Ws Af ss, hwv, swh h dd – ‘s-d’
- wy d/s-h ss.
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3.1 Cases: Limited Access Regions
Ths s h f ‘v’ dys d y s
(d h -f ss h h h) sd f E. I hs ss, ds s s s h f v hs f/-f ds. Rh,
h ss hv sd s, s s wh vy d – h – ss
s d E, hy s vs dvy whh d hw hs f
d -f dys xs -Ws h s. Th ss vy
s wys, shw h h f dys svd s sv f h
d f y hy (h Gf: hhy , Es: xd s hh v f
y, d Ws Af: xd), - wh (h Gf: hh, Es: d, d Ws A:
w), d vs f sz (hh Ws Af, d Es, d w h Gf). Wh
hs fs s y f s d vs s x v v
s fs d ss, d s, hwv, s yd h s f hs . Rh, hs
s, wh v svs sd h v fs w dw w, hs h ss
x d f f d -f dys. I s d, hy
s vd h, , sj f h dv fw- w.
3.2 Under Pressure: Collecve Challenges and Regional Autocrac Protecon Funcons
in the Gulf, Eurasia, and West Africa
As dsd v, ds f LAOs f (, , d y) h h
f h syss – h y d xy. I h ss qs h, hs
hs hv vd v h s dds, d whh ds Es,
h Gf, d Ws Af hv fd ss f v s sss – sy fw
s ss d vs h ss s h y 2000s. Th w s vs ss
, f s, h vs ssd wh h ‘ vs’ h f Sv U d h A
S h Mdd Es, s ds s s Af (F 2015). I h w f hs
hs, s hv sh s dfd h syss (d hsvs) f sss
f vhw h s (As 2007).
Wh ds hv ds s f h hs dsssd v, -
hs vdd h wh s f dv f ss hs s. Fsy,
s h ds h s v h sys s s
vd hs h , h dsy f sd ss. As h ss w d-
s, ds hv sssd s wh ( ) dw ss, d s,
d sh dssds. Sdy, hs s s s
v ss f w s s s d s h wf
dvds s s h f s sv h ss q. As h ss w hhh,
hs vv h d f ss vs-à-vs s, f
- dss, d f s. Thdy, syss, s
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s ) z hsvs f f h zs d, ) h f d--
z f wf Ws s. R ssss wh hs f y (
) ‘fçd’ , f v (-dy sd) fs f ,
d ‘ s.’ Ths d dss f v s s w T 1 (-d h s , , d y s f ) d dsssd h
ss w.
Table 1. R f s d ss d d
SPHERE OF CHALLENGE
I Ex
DIMENSION OF CONTROL
P
Rs hs
v ddss f w
Rs hs /d
x s f ddss f w
Economic
Rs hs
v -
ss
Rs hs s
s f z -
ss
Id
Rs hs
y f dsh
Rs d-zs x
s/dfds s
d-
Source: Ah.
3.2.1 Polical Control
Th ‘ vs’ d h A S sd f hs f s h
h F Sv U (FSU) d h Gf. A h f (Ks/B 2013), d h -
dss f s d ss wh h h Mdd Es d h FSU, h ss
y hd hh h f v y ss. Bh wvs f s shwd hs dys:
d ss wh s d s s d s vs wds h v-
s vd vy f milieu f vy ds ds hh. Ps vs sh
s “O!” S, h ‘O’ ss U, h ‘W Khd Sd’ v Ey,
vdd ds s h w d h, sy s, xs. Ss
w y s, , d fs h wd v h y f h
s d d ss d ss d, f ss, s h f
sys. Sh sss w sy ds h s qs, h
d v sy s hv dd d fdd y f s. Th ss h Es
d h Gf hs fd ss f v hs h w yd h f y s, d
qd v ss.
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Idd, h s, ss hv d s s f h-
s. Phs h s ss x s h GCC’s (Gf C C)
ss h A S. Fw h A ss, ss f Gf
s (Kw, O, d Bh). Wh ss’ dds w vy s ss( LAO h), Bh h fd j ssd ss f h f v-
. I h f f hs h, GCC ss d y v y sss h Bh
v. Wh sd y f Sds, h GCC hd h ‘s shd’ s
GCC-wd v h q h ss Bh (K 2011; -Az 2011). I dd
hs y sss, h GCC s s fd sfs f fds f h ss s-
s s Bh d O (Y 2014: 60). T s ds s, Bh d h
f 20,000 js s sy; d O, sy, d 50,000, f whh 35,000
w xd h s (H 2011)3.
Ds h h f ss/vs h , Es s v hs
xdd d y s. H, s hs y h f f d
f Rss (d Ch) f d ss. V s f Uz sd Kv
fw h -dw f ss d f vs h y f Adj 2005 vds
x (Ss 2006: 31; As 2008: 189). Sy, f h 2006 Bs ( h
f h O Rv x d U 2004), Rss fz h s f Bs $46
hsd s ( h w h ws d y U4 E ss) h s
Bs sd Lsh’s h f ‘ ’ (Ss 2006: 34).
Th s s f s-s hs s Ws Af s swh d. Ds hw f s hv h s- (F/Fx 2014), h s vd f
s f -v sy s Ws Af. H, h sss f sss
d ss h d, v h f d ss wh h
E Cy f Ws Af Ss (ECOWAS) d h s wh Ws s
sh s h EU. Hwv, h y ds h ds Ws Af s hsy s
y . Ss, s ws h s B Fs 2014, s wh -
ss s h ds (ICG 2015). ECOWAS d h Af U (AU) hv dvd s
s sd ‘s hs f v’ (UCG) (W 2013: 259; O 2011),
d s d’é. R h d wv f dz ss h Af (d
h h f f v s Ws Af) s h d f h Cd W, h f hs
s wdd s s dfd d s ss f hs s hs
f v. Hwv, , hs hss -deterring s f h
ds d h ss . Idd, hs s w d wh s ss
Ws Af w h. Wh ss s ds hv hd
d ss h w f s, s hs s h s f coup-proong
3 Sy, h GCC sfd $3 s h w sd s h M d Jd
(Y 2014).
4 I 2006 Rss sd h s f U f $50 TCM $230.
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Ws Af s sv f vs dss f h d
qy (O 2011: 138).
A dd sy h ss hv fsd d wh ds hs h Gf dEs s . I h w f h Bh s, h GCC hs fh ss
s s ds d s hs, d h sh f
dssds. Bsd y y sd 1994 ( h ws dd y ss), w GCC
Sy Ty ws sd Nv 2012 h s, d GCC Sy G Ad Lf A-
Zy, “w h GCC y , sd s w s, s zs
sds zd s h d , s dsss” (qd Kh 2012). Ths
s y zs sds wh f h s f another GCC s (T
2013). Th y s s ss “xh f d xs fs f ”
whh, v ss fd f sh s GCC s, wd d s dssds (Kh
2012). I sy qs h ss “ vd h h s [h GCC ss] —
qs — wh f d s d zs sds f h qs s, wh h
s f f f h ss f h ” (T 2013).
S shs xs Es. I , h Shh C Oz’s (SCO) R
C Ts S (RCTS), d Tsh, ds h sh f w
h sy svs f h SCO ss h ‘h vs’ f s, ss, d xs
(Cy 2013). Th ‘h vs’ dd vy dy d d s fs f dss. Idd,
wh ss f hs hs s h dvd SCO ’s ds (As 2008: 196)
Th RCTS, whh hs vsh d ds wh y s f dvd-s d d-, qs h h SCO s shd fsh h hs wh ‘sss’
wh qsd (UN 2009: 17). ‘Asss’ d f s d vd f-
s w s d, , d xd f dvds (UN 2009: 17, f.55). Sy, ds
f d sy sv w SCO s d h 2009 C
Ts Ty (CTT). U h GCC Sy Ty, ds f h CTT y v. Thy
d vss (s v) f, d, vs, d xd s w s vss
w h sy s f s h y f h (Cy 2013;
FIDH 2012). Sy, h CIS Ms Cv vds ss f CIS ss xd dvds
h CIS ss (Cy 2013).
Fy, dd d hs, h y sh s
h v f ss Ws s – h ss y s - vs. Bh
h Ud Ss d Ud Kd, f x, s s (y) s s
h y y f h GCC ss h Ws. GCC y Y, f x, vds
s I d s h h Ud Ss ds d vv sf dy
h ss (ds sd US ss). R hs ss fh ss h -
f hs ss Ws s d ds h hd h h Ud Ss (d Ud
Kd) w sh s f h h s (s hd Ly, f x).
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I Ws Af, s dys s. B Fs d G (ss wh d f
hs) hv y sss Ws Af, hy s h
d y s d h v Ws s (sy F).
C d s ys . A ds hv sd ECOWAS s s f s- h d hh d. Wh y d-
sd, Bs Cé, f - () Psd f B Fs, ws vd s ‘
d’ y F d s Ws Af ss f hs s ‘d’ d yd s
sh y ECOWAS. Sy, Ws s v h G Psd Jh hs sh s
hs y s s sy d , vy
sssfy hs s (US S D 2001).
Ov, wh h s dsssd h shw d s h h s -
hd w, h x d y f hs vy ss h h ss. Th Gf
s y h s dvd f h h s s f d y . Oy h
Gf d w s d y h s svv f s. I Es d
h Gf (), wsss hh vs f s (h d ) f s
s w s hh-v d . I Ws Af, y s, d h y
d f ECOWAS, ss y y s hss dsd -
w ss ( vss, y ) , h h ss.
Th Af U’s s d s (s w dsssd w) s h, hwv.
3.2.2 Economic Control
I dd hs, f hs ss s f s - h-
s. Wh ss s h y, d s
– sy f z dshs v j - ss hs ss f
sv/ s. Fh, s w sshd h ‘’ wh
Ws s ss h hd f d s d h (Hss 2015; Ks/Ry
2003). Lvsy d Wy (2005: 22) , f x, h h ss’ ss
Ws ss’ ss dz d s h y d y s f v-
s h. As Pds d Ps (2002: 522f) ss, f dss
s f ss’ (w w) ss f , whs s
jy s f h s f d. Ths s sdd
s f y d dv dss (d js) f vwh f
. Hwv, wh hs s h s, d s s s f
- ss h ws. Lws, js
hs y z ss, w ss s d
‘-ssv’ ss whs h s ssv s (d h ss hy
s). Ths d ds f h y; /vd f (v)
dd h Ws; d h sv f - ss s h
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h ds. R vds f wy f d wh hs
s.
Fsy, hh s ssss ss h s wh j Wsws d ss, h hv ss d ss -
vy. Ss h s hv sd js (Es E U [EEU],
GCC, ECOWAS) f ss. I Es, f x, shs hv ssd
h h EEU hs shd y Rss s h v f h ss s
wh Ws-d ss. I 2009, Rss hd s WTO ss s,
h wd d s h s h h Css U (w EEU) ss s
. Rss h hd s s dvd ss d h h h w ss
shd d s s (Dy/Ps 2014). I , Rss ws s s
wh h WTO y ss h ws s f sf, s Kzhs d Bs (s [h]
f s, f x A d Kyyzs).
Sy, ss h Gf hv sd h GCC s h wd d (P
2011: 7). Idd, Sd A ss h v wh f h GCC s
s wh sd ds sh s h EU. I h (-fd) EU-GCC F
Td A, h EU s d hw h GCC ss (sssfy) ssd h EU s
d h GCC ss’ x ds ds d s z y svs d
h GCC s y vs (R 2008: 5). Ths ss s h -
ss h -syss f h Gf Ss. Wh hy y (hyhy) hv hd
s Ws s ddy, h v wh f h GCC s s d s .
I Ws Af, v ECOWAS hs hd Ws Af ss hv d s
E Psh As (EPAs) wh h E U. Rd (2014: 4) hs ds-
ssd hw s y w ECOWAS ss wd f d h EPA. As
h s f h , 75 f d wh h EU s zd, wh f ssv
dss – sh s – d. Wh h s d y ss
f d Ws Af ss, s s f d
ds s y s-Sh Af s. Th s s d d f €6.5
(f 2015-2019) – s f s (d ) y s-Sh ss.
R s hs h d dd Ws ss.
Ths y v, h d sys h s wh sd ss ss y (d -
), y s h d shs f sd s Css U s (d
dvs). As dd s f f v h d, d d
dvs ( d ssy ) h d h d hh -
s y Ws ss (f x ss f d sd h hs ss).
C (2013: 13) sss h h Es E U (EEU) w s Rss xs
h EEU s h xs f s d , h EU. Idd, h s vd
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f Rss xs, f x, s d Ws s ds h EEU s,
sh f s Rss ds (Dy/Ps 2014: 4). Rf
Kzhs d Bs, Rs . (2014: 13) h “ s s s wy […]
sh svy y s f h s h , y h EU d Ch, h h sd y ‘x’ ws”. Rd ’s hd y
Ws ss s s Rss’s s, s ds h f Ws s f ‘ v-
’-sy ss, whh Rss s xsd. U h ys f v s, hs
Rss s y , hwv, s h svy f s s. Idd, hy y sw
s dd Ws ss f fh dd Rss.
As d v h s f sfs h GCC, s s yd -
s wys s vs d sss wh sfs f h ss s. A hs s,
Bs vs f j Rss-d shs dv s y ss Rss
d. Sy, As (2010) s hw Rss vs s hs d Bs d, vdd
s, d ssdzd h Bs y h f sd 20 f GDP. Wh hs
s, As sss, h Bs y wd ss. Ms’s ds j h
Css U (w EEU) ws h x f ss fw h sh f 2008 d
f v v fd f h EU d h IMF (whh wd hv s y
wh s ss hd) (Shy-T 2012: 5).
Fh, Rss (d ss x Kzhs) hs d f s
w Rss s f s d h Cwh f Idd
Ss. Th s f hs s y sd h h s.Tjs, f x, s h s -dd s h wd d d s
f Rss f hy 50 f s GDP (Psh 2015). Ths s y f
sy y s h y d v sss f y (EsN 2012).
Ths dy s d Tjs, hwv; h CIS ss s wh vd $25
s f Rss 2013. Rz hs s f (d s ss
sh s Tjs j h Es U), Rss hs y hd ss f ws
f sd f h EEU (Psh 2015).
Fy, ECOWAS vs s d f h E U – s f s .
Idd, h EU sy fds ECOWAS s f s ds s wh d
h Ws Af . Th EU d y €600 f fd f h d 2008-
2013 (Rd 2014: v). Wh y f h ss ECOWAS f sh f (h w) xd sdds
s f d v d dv, wh ECOWAS, v s sd fs
d v d dy s h y 2000s, s s f s
wds s. Wh f ECOWAS ss v h-
ss, d v s f ECOWAS ws h s hsvs s
‘ss s’ d h s f s ss d.
Ov, h dys dsssd v, h s f -
vd s s f s f h dsssd xs. I h ss,
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hs s f h vs f d s f d dd wh sd
ws – sy hs h Ws. E dss hv s vdd, s h Gf d
Es, s f ds fds f h s s – whh s f h
svv f s ss. I Ws Af, dd s f fvs f d d , s s f f d, whh
( vd) y s f d ds.
3.2.3 Legimang control
Lds f d ss ds, js d ss, d s h y f h h-
svs d h ss (Gshws 2013; Gv/v Ss, 2013). Gv h h s-
v s h h s s s y ss (Is/ /hy h Gf,
ss d sy h FSU, ‘ ’ dshs Ws Af), d v h -
s w ss wh hs s, h h y f s ss,
, h. Fh, dd y hs f w, h
ds y f hs f s (sh s Ws ss, Ws s,
d Ws NGOs). Wh hy sv h s h (As 2014; Böz
2015), hs h ss f s y sh s z h d syss
d dz ds h ss. A h f h ds s hs d wy
d hs dz vs y wf x s. Ths s vs f
wys whh hs h ss z hs jvs.
Fsy, s Ws Af d Es hs hd ds y d dy s – h
f f f . My f h ss Ws Af d Es ‘v h-
’ ‘hyd’ ds: ss wh w s ssy hvd hh w s,
wh s d d sh wy s s h d ss ss
. Ud sh ss, s sv fd f ’s
w d hs ds f h (D’A 2014: 80). Th s f
h s y zs h ss v sv vd s
h d y s.
I Es, w zs – h CIS d h SCO – sd (D’A 2014: 90; Ss
2010: 348). Fw h ‘C vs,’ wh wd s w s f ss, h
CIS hs s s w svs s-Sv s Ws s wh w sd f
z h (Ss 2010: 348; Fw 2006: 1144; Cy 2012: 110). Ths CIS svs
hv fy dsd h (-) f s (Ss 2010: 348). I h vs jy f ss,
h CIS ss hv dvd sdy f OSCE h s s. Th ss f SCO
sss hv s hs f h CIS, wh dss x h vdy f s h
d Ws svs (Bd 2011: 16; Cy 2012: 114). As Bd (2011: 16) s, hs
sss “dd s dd z f f h z d f ss
hs.” Sy, h ECOWAS d h Af U hv zd f ss sv
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vds wd s (hh h d f h AU – whh s wys vs sv vd
– s ws hs d).
Byd vd d s, s h ss hs s hdds h d Ws s f y d dfd hsvs s de-legi -
maon. Idd, h CIS d SCO yd s Ws s f y d, -
y, - v s f v ds f d. A fd f h h
CIS d SCO s s f dvsy. Bh zs s s
s d hy vd s f ss sdfy h d j h x f h
ds.5 Ths s sd h f h ‘Shh S’ – s f s h vs “y
h z d s ss, d ds s” (Js 2010: 112). Ths d
s f “s f dvsd vzs d dv” (Js 2010: 112f). Ths s-
s w s ds s f h h’s s, whs h s
h ds f -f d s (Js 2010: 113).
I Af, h AU ss ys sh . A x hs h AU’s s d h
f h I C C (ICC) Af. Th jy f ICC ss hv
s Af s, d f s ds sh s Psd Bsh f Sd d
Psd Ky f Ky (d Psss . 2013). Th ds f Af ss
hs d f s ICC ss d hs sy ssd y h AU. S hv ssd
h h j f ICC Af (whh s vsy jd y Af vs) s dv y
ds wh d h hy hsvs y dy ‘d ’ h wd
v h ’s s (Th Es 2011). Hwv, wh ICC d y sf-sv- s ss, h wd j f h ICC s dss f h vs f h AU h
hd h wh ss Af; , -Af sdy; h f f ‘Af’ wy
f d hs d j f vsy f vs (d jsds); h -f f s sv-
y; d h j f vd -s.
Byd j f Ws y, ws f h f v
(-Ws) ds d s f y.6 I s ss, hs ds
d s d ds w ss d h s f Ws s. Js s -
zs v s d h d wh Ws s, hs s
d y d ds ds d sd fs f .
5 Th SCO’s “D h h vsy f h Shh C Os” sss h: “Dvsy
f vz d d f dv s sd d hd. Ds ds,
d s syss, vs d d f dv fd h s f hsy shd s -
xs f h s’ s. Mds f s dv shd ‘xd.’“ (SCO
2006).
6 Th s h s h f f dsss f h s w dy d y. I ss sy
h v dy d y sy wd, wh dy h sh vs d s
whh f vs s d.
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Th y dy dvd Es s dd h f Ess. I ssy
s h h h h, hs, d h (d s ss q-
s-s) ds w s h Es s – d h, y, dsshs h f
Ws vzs d h vs, ds, d s h hy . Hwv, wh -hysd s, hs vw s -sv f s d ds s d
() s h f Ess d s d wys f dy-d d
. P Rss Ess, f x, s f s f Rss
s. Wh P hsf hs hszd h ds h Es s, Rss
Ess s s f Rss’s w d dsh ss Es, hszs Es
(d h Rss) dsvss f h Ws, d s f f s d f h
Es s wh (h) Rsss d Msw s 7 (L 2004; Ps 2014).8
Sy, h GCC hs wys hszd f fs – s y Gf d-
s (Is, s, d hy) h GCC ss. Idd, d s wf
s f f h Gf s ds (Sh 2010: 242; Ah/ Sh 2004:
377). Ts s hs f xss d s h s f -
s d d, d hs sys hs s wh s h x f hs
s (Wh 2011: 83). Th s f d sys f dy h Gf hs s
wh s, dv y h s f s f ws (wh w
zs s ss).9 Sy, Is d hy h y vy z
h Gf. A f h ss h s h ds Sh w, d s f s
v s f s ds’ (Wh 2011: 76). Fh, h GCC sds
sf s sw f S Is. Fy, s C (2012: 10) s, h GCC s fdy “ fhs” d h d d sys f hy f - -
. Idd, hh h A S, h Gf hs wd hd s h ss s
ss s d ds wh A s s syss d s sh h
dd hs (C 2012: 10).
Fy, y f h h s ss Es, h Gf, d Ws Af d y ‘s’
wh hv sh v ‘s f sy’ d s f hsvs s ‘fhs f h ’
(Iss 2010: 436; Osh 2010: 408f; Söd 2010: 5). A y ss ss vs
fs f hs y, wh h y f h s s wh s d d wh
h d. Ths s y h s wh d dv ss wh s ss y
7 Idd, wh Rss s s s d y d jsd s f Ess (f h Rss d),
hy sd h Rss s s ( ss s f Rss sy) d
hs ( s h s) wh d s s Es ds d vs.
8 Py (2013: 29) hs ssd h Rss v’s d f Ess ss d
“ w fw f dy f h d Rss sy.”
9 Gf ss ( s h Ws) hv f ss f dz d s hs hh
s d sqy dss f d vs wd y sz s wh h
Gf s (A-Kh 2010: 83).
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y d wh ds s s f wh hds h s h (Osh 2010:
408).10 Rs ss ssss ds sv d s hs s.
F x, s ds h h s hd d ss h vd sf s. SCO ss, f x, ssv s, d y h y d hd
y d s sss, wh h d f h hs s v s d s
f hs s d hv h y sh x h vs f h SCO.
F h s ss, hs s s vvs s – sy w zd – wh
h ds f Rss d Ch. Ms f h GCC ws sy d d w zd, wh
ds h y d y, h h s d s s
f hsvs s ds d ss. L GCC ss d qés h GCC ds
y f h h’s sd d s hsvs s s f s -
-wd Gf dy (D 2015: 14). Ths, , hs sw s h sv d
whs ds y s fdd h s d Is d h fds.
If hs f ds hv s s w. F x, ds G
Psd Yh’s dy d h hs d, h 50 h vsy s f
G dd 2015 w dd y f f ds d Psd
Mh f Gh (s h f ECOWAS), Psd Vz f G Bss, Psd Od
Ad Azz f M, V Psd S f N, d Ss V Psd D (A
2015). Wh h v ws f ECOWAS h AU, hs f f vs s
f ds ds y Yh d ss hs (s s v h
ECOWAS s wh hs yd G s h s).
Ov h, ssss ds h y f wys –
y h y d xy. I s f h f s f s y, -
ys s sss hyd ss ( Ws Af d
Es). Wh s y f f, hy s y s s vs d
h () y f h v. R svs d s sw y
s h wd hws hd y Ws svs, hy h z
f sss. Byd hs f ds, hwv, s, hs d-
fd s s x Ws d-, d y, space f v
vs – d hs sd s s sh s d Is
h Gf, P-Af s, d Ess h FSU. Fy, s wh ds
y s f sy d hs dsh, s s y s f
s – d f s wh ss ds (f Rss Ch, f x) d
f s s, s s Ws Af.
10 As Iss hs dd, h s f Kzhs, f x, Psd Nzyv hs d
f hsf s dss ‘fh f h ’ whs ws dsh s ss f y f h ssss
Kzhs hs d s h y 1990s (Iss 2010).
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4. C-F T E, Gf, W Af
As h ss v hv shw, h ss hv yd d wh
h f s hy f sv h s. Hwv, s hs h s E, hs h s f -f ss h h sss.
I , dy qss d s f svy, dd, d y h
fh s .
I ss dsd hs , h xs -f dys y -d -
. Idd, hy x s f h hs v wds s s-
s f h ys s E. Hwv, ds s ss
d vd s f hs ss fs – ss w fs. Fh, -
Es d Ws Af hs – hh h s x – hd sh d f
vy hh v f ss ss. I ss, s ssd
wh s hv zd, v f s f h dy ss -d h s
js. Idd, js E ss, s dsd v, ss h ss
hv s xsd (ss v xsd) s d-sz ds ssd wh
z, , d hs. R ss ,
s ss f h s f hs ds – v wh h ds f hs ds -d
.
I Es, f x, f h y -f hs f -
h ds s s’ s f h ss Rss, d h Rss’s f s ss h f Sv ss. Ths s, f s, -d
qs d Rss d Sv hss s, h vs d, hs -
vss f C As Rss. Rss f y dy sss s f dsh f
Rss h h f h hsy f Rss s h j w s h h f h
Rss E d h - s f h Rss SSR h Sv U (Ps 2014: 19).
Ths s sd y Rss s ss h s d f Rss s
d – sy hs ss h h Rss s (Sw 2011: 958). Hwv, h
s , h wy dd ss f h F Sv U (sh s Kzhs, Uzs .)
vhy dfd h dd. Ths s h ds hv ’s svy -
sd. F hs ss, dd f Rss s f h w dy – dd, s
wh ws sh dy s d w h s . U E, wh --
s s s d dss s svy d d, C As, f x,
s d h vd ds d h svy h s .
Wh Rss’s s wh s hy s d qs, x f hs ss s
Rss’s s wh h Kzhs d Kyyzs, wh s f wy sshd Es
U. O s s s Vd P d Yh F Q&A sd Kzh
shd 2014 (Dv 2014). P ssd h Kzh shd y shd h d f
h Cd W d h s f h Sv U. Ths s w vd s h d
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sh (Csy 2014) d dw h s Kzhs Kzh s f
Kzh shd h, d Psd Nzyv, ds h 1400s (Ls 2015). I s f
s s, hs sss yd ss h d f wh h Es
E U d ss h f Kzhs h ‘E’ h f h z (V 2014). Nzyv y dd P (d h Kzh ) h
Kzhs hd h h v h EEU d wd d s f s dd ws hd (Dv
2014). Sy, h hs d f Rss h hs sy zd, h
Rss wh f Rss hsy (sy h Rss h Sd Wd W) s -
sy s-U ss, d h Es ss wh vd Rss s
s s vs ssss. I Kyyzs, h v s
h y f v dw f Kyyz ds y Rss-sd Csss 1916
(R 2015). Ns s MPs hv d h 1916 vs h Es E U,
whh Kyyzs s s j. Idd, hs MPs sd j h U hv ssd h
s d f f Rss s. Lws, hs qs Kyyz svy s s
wh Rss hv vd q f h v vy ss s ss f shd
(R 2015). Ov, wh dshs y s s wh Rss f f -
ss, h f s ’s dd hs ss s f ds y.
Ths ss hd s, s s , d s h
s d s d y Rss, h h h f.
I Ws Af, h s -f d ( s f h f vw) s h
s d f d dy s s h . Ahh s ss f f
d f f h ds (s dsd v), h fdy s w h . Idd, ECOWAS s hv ssd h ss
s f h s d s h w f s ss. Ths ss dvs,
h, f h f h wh ECOWAS d f d dvd s w (sy hh-v)
s d d whh h z ws dd y s, s s f h
wv f dy h 1990/2000s d h w d s f ss, h v
f dy h hs w. Th s ds f dy s s wh Ws
Af d h w f ECOWAS h h z , ss f h s hs
s d s h ss sss f ECOWAS.
Fh, hwv, dy (h d -s) ys hd
h . Fs, wh ( f) s Rss Es, N’s s f s s
h d s ss hs h ss. Bh (2007: 303) dss hw N hs
vd sf s hv ‘fs dsy’ d sd dsh Ws Af -
(d yd). I , hwv, N s dsh – xssd y
hh s d s f ECOWAS – hv ssd (sy y Fh-s
s) (Bh 2007: 305). Ths f s d dvs – h s f ECOWAS
ss w Fh d Ah (d Lsh) ss. Wh h hv s
v hs dvd, Bf (2013: 21) dss s h s “h h sdy f ECOWAS
s.” Ths ss dd y f fs, d h d dsv
s, s, syss, d s fs, d hv hd s s
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f . Th ECOWAS Cy ws, f x, dvdd v v L -
s s, wh Fh ss y s h v (Bf 2013: 21). Fh, -
ss wh ECOWAS fh d y (d f s hv h s ) ss
w h j w s f h z – F d h Ud Kd. Wh ECOWAS sy f h s v dy Ws Af, F s sd wh s wh
h Fh s h d h Ws Af E d My U, d hs hs-
y dss f ECOWAS d N’s d s wh h z. Hsy,
F d Fh-s Ws Af ss hv sd vs wh Ah ss
(sh s Fh s f s h Bf w Bé s f Chs Ty L).
Ths hs d h h d wh, f x, Ah G’s s f
Cs s Fh S (T 2013). Ths ss y -d -
, s vd s f hs ss, sy wh
s s s s f sd s h ss.
Th Gf ss f s s ss. I , h h Sd d Q s hd sf--
s s ds d hv d sds f h wd sy hs h
(ds h f ‘A S’ sy ss). Q hs ssd
f Iss s, d h Ms Bhhd h Sd A ds h; d h
Q hs sd h TV s al Jazeera fh s h (-Rshd 2014).
Q d Sd A hv s fd hsvs d sds f s-A S Nh
Af – s y Ey, wh Q sd h sd Mhd Ms d h Sd
sd h w v d -Ss. I dd, h ss hv d s wds
I, wh Q ss hwsh wds h Is R h Sd A (-Rshd 2014).
Fh, hs s ss w vd s h dd y
f h Gf s. I , Sd s sh f Gf C C
Gulf Union hv sy ssd (Rd 2013) Sd A hs f s/dy
sh h Gf ss s hs v s s (wh whh
wd d). Rd (2013) sss h Rydh hs sd hs y s s fs-
y h f f s hs h s fd wh (f h sv).
Hwv, O (s hs), whh hs ds h d hsy f d-
d d whh s d f f Is, hs y ssd h j, f dshd
dd d s (Rd 2013). Nvhss, y h s h (v h
h s dsssd h) dy sf ys sv s f h
Gf h swh. Th s y hs h h Ws Af Es d
s s hs s dfy s dy s, wh Ws-Af dy d
Es dy f sd d hs s.
Hwv, wh z, s -f dy sss, d y ss y hd
s, s ss s vs h s . Idd, s hs s,
shd d h z d y ds d ssy wys d f
. I h E s, d ds hv dv s h EU d-
(d dvs h E P d sy qs). Lws, h
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ss, wh hv ds s wys, hs s sd s (-
, vs wds ). Fh, h E s, hs
dy s f s j ws (s y Gy). Wh z
d h v s f s s f dy d fs f ws hv hdd s dsd v, ds ssy h hs hs w d
y df. Idd, ss h h h h z f
ss s, s dd y -fss, sv d ddss
hs s. Th -f ss dsd v y d v sss, d
s v . As x, - ss w Q d Sd
A (dsssd v) d h s f h GCC ‘Rydh Sy A’ 2014
(Hss 2015). Ths d d ds s h y f “h ss, h ss
d f f h s” d d ds v wds j s d “d d hsv
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