Conceptions of Security in The Regional Economic Cooperation Paradigm :

In the complex globalised world that we live in today, more than ever before in the history of international relations, what immediately and most particularly strikes research in the field of international politics is how economic relations highlight as well as underscore the relationship between and amongst nations. Economic ties have strung together the far reaches of the globe into an intricate web of interdependence via trade, investment, infrastructure, technology, and intellectual property transfers. In contemporary times, this multilateral and nuanced connect has become imperative to understanding how global systems work and fail – both at the theoretical and pragmatic levels.