This one day symposium brought together political science and international relations scholars with expertise on the EU, ASEAN and ANZCERTA to address key questions about how regionalism works across the three different contexts. In particular, the aim is to examine the conditions which enable regional entities to progress beyond conventional trade agreements to ‘behind the border’ integration.

What motivates or deters members from pursuing such cooperation? What role do the institutions of the EU, ASEAN and ANZCERTA play in implementing behind the borders cooperation? Where governments have tackled behind the borders cooperation in a sustained way, what lessons have been learned? Is it clear that some strategies have been more successful than others? Are there lessons from one region applicable elsewhere, or are outcomes always specific to the regional context? What are the mechanisms available for policy learning between regions?

Participants included:

• Professor Xinning Song, Renmin University of China and United Nations University Institute
• Associate Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart, University of Auckland
• Ms Avery Poole, University of Melbourne
• Dr Kate McMillan, Victoria University of Wellington
• Mr Tobias Hofmann, National University of Singapore and College of William and Mary
• Professor John Ravenhill, Australian National University

For more information about the event, please, contact Dr Annmarie Elijah or Dr John Leslie.

To view the flyer for this event please click here.