ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the transformative role of integration in Europe and East Asia, particularly the transformation wrought by regionalism. It scrutinises the European Union (EU)'s regional integration in its own policy spheres and internationally and the transformation of member states, in comparative perspective with East Asia. It examines external transformations that are either sought or effected by the EU, such as the promotion of regional integration in Asia. It seeks to illustrate that regionalism in each region has been prompted by external transformative developments and that regionalism, in turn, has brought about transformations of the structure and architecture of the two regions.
