Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2015
Publication Title
Caribbean Journal of International Relations & Diplomacy
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
37-57
Publisher Name
Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies
Publisher Location
Trinidad, West Indies
Abstract
This article sets out to theoretically explain the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) integrative stalemate. It argues that this needs to be studied in light of a changing regional, geographic, and geostrategic climate. A shift is occurring from ‘endogenous regionalism,’ which concentrates on the Caribbean’s historical past, to ‘exogenous regionalism,’ which focuses on creating a borderless Caribbean space and promotes Caribbeanization through the Caribbean Single Market (CSM), which came into force in 2006, and the stalemated Caribbean Single Economy (CSE). I argue that new trans-hemispheric relations are emerging and Caribbean regionalism is now both multi-centric—arising from actions in numerous places rather than a single center—and also multi-temporal. In this context, mature regionalism presages effective governance by focusing on deepening regional structures and institutional arrangements. I argue that trans-regionalism is a multidimensional process that moves away from the spill-over effects of trade policy harmonization and streamlines different political, security, economic, and cultural regimes. I conclude by suggesting that ‘meta-steering’ in the form of ‘strategic coordination’ or ‘first order response’ is but one way to perceive the paused regional project.
Recommended Citation
Jules, Tavis D.. A Stitch in Time Saves Caribbeanization: Meta-steering and Strategic Coordination in an Era of Caribbean Trans-regionalism. Caribbean Journal of International Relations & Diplomacy, 3, 2: 37-57, 2015. Retrieved from Loyola eCommons, Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works,
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