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Following the end of the Second World War, regional organizations have become an integral element in the practice of international relations. While the United Nations is mandated to promote a conflict-free world, the focus of regional organizations, by contrast, is on regional issues. Regional cooperation emanates from the perception that individual state efforts are not good enough to propel growth and development, this is better possible through collective efforts. Success of a regional organization, however, depends on the degree of shared security, and economic and ideological interests of the member states. Regional cooperation is an alternative approach to the lone national effort which is particularly inadequate for small, developing states.1
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Hussain, A. (2014). The Politics of Regional Cooperation in South Asia: SAARC and Regional Order. In: Chakma, B. (eds) South Asia in Transition. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137356642_11
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