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Most scholars use the terms regional cooperation and regional integration interchangeably due to their close relationship. The latter is more issue–specific than the former and is a far weaker and looser type of cooperation among sovereign governments. This is because regional cooperation does not necessitate the establishment of supranational organisations, since participating states maintain a significant amount of their political sovereignty and can easily choose to withdraw from the agreement.

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Essay 28: The Fading Shadow of the Neo–Functional Theoretical Approach to Regionalism: Evidence from European and African Regionalism

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  • Ernest Toochi Aniche

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Most scholars use the terms regional cooperation and regional integration interchangeably due to their close relationship. The latter is more issue–specific than the former and is a far weaker and looser type of cooperation among sovereign governments. This is because regional cooperation does not necessitate the establishment of supranational organisations, since participating states maintain a significant amount of their political sovereignty and can easily choose to withdraw from the agreement.