Breytenbach, Willie - In: Development Southern Africa 16 (1999) 1, pp. 69-88
This article assesses recent events leading to the establishment in 1997 of a regional organisation for the Indian Ocean Rim, subtitled an Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). This is a case of 'open' regionalism of the functionalist kind. New members may be admitted in 1999 and, as...