ABSTRACT
Paradoxically, megatrends in international integration and globalization are being accompanied by the emergence of new regionalisms seeking to achieve greater territorial, economic, and political autonomy. Europe represents perhaps the best example of these tendencies. Some analysts have pointed out that European integration has led to the rise of super-regions, which Delamaide (1995) describes as territories spanning national borders and reflecting historical patterns of migration and trade, ethnic and linguistic heritage, and social customs.
