title: Stress factors and their impact on regionalism
abstract: This chapter sets the stage for a comparative assessment of the crisis of regionalism in Europe, Latin America, and beyond. Taking the multidimensional crisis of the European Union as starting point, the first part of the chapter takes stock of and systematizes the stress factors that may affect regional integration and cooperation. The second part of the chapter explores the potential impact of stress factors on regionalism. Analogous to the first part, it reviews the debates about the EU’s pot