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This article investigates the concept of regionalism in the EU & its relationship to changing conceptions of the nation-statehood in Ireland & Britain. More specifically, it examines how the notion of regionalism has developed in official discourse during states' adaptation to both internal challenges & the process of European integration. I explore this question through an analysis of the British & Irish state elites approaches to the Northern Ireland conflict & their perceptions of European regionalism in this context. In identifying the differences &, indeed, similarities between these states' approaches to European & regional dynamics, I develop new perspective on post-Agreement Northern Ireland & the concept of multilevel governance. Adapted from the source document.

From the 1960s, commercial, industrial and political pressures forced European aerospace firms to collaborate in the development and production of most aerospace products. Over the last decade, the European Commission has begun to intervene, mainly in trade and competition issues. Most recently, it has expanded its RandD sponsorship functions to aerospace. Reviews the repercussions of these developments. (Original abstract-amended)

SEPTEMBER 1987 WAS THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED OF THE BRITISH, FRENCH AND WEST GERMAN GOVERNMENTS WHICH OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE EUROPEAN AIRBUS. ALTHOUGH THE PRACTICE OF COLLABORATION IN EUROPEAN AEROSPACE HAS ATTRACTED OFTEN JUSTIFIED CRITICISM FOR ITS CUMBERSOME ORGANIZATION AND POLITICALLY INSPIRED INDUSTRIAL CHOICES, AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EFFECTIVE, INTEGRATED APPROACH TO COLLABORATION. IT IS NOT YET AN UNEQUIVOCAL COMMERCIAL SUCCESS, BUT, AS THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES, AIRBUS HAS BEGUN TO LAY THE GHOST OF PAST EUROPEAN MARKET FAILURES TO REST.