Problematizes ‘North America’ as an important region in its own right, breaking with the area-studies convention that divides the Global North and Global South portions of the Western Hemisphere at the US-Mexican border.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Placing North America in a World of RegionsEric Hershberg and Tom LongList of AbbreviationsPart I. Constructing a North American RegionChapter One. An Embarrassment of Regions: North America and Regional OrdersArturo Santa-CruzChapter Two. Ménage À Deux: Canada and the Limits of the North American IdeaAsa McKercherChapter Three. The Two US-Mexico Borders and the Limits of the North American ProjectMaría Celia ToroPart II. New Regionalism and North AmericaChapter Four. "I Was All Set to Terminate": New Regionalism Theory, the Trump Presidency, and North American IntegrationLaura MacdonaldChapter Five. Fortress North America: Theorizing a Regional Approach to Migration ManagementErnesto Castañeda, Michael Danielson, and Jayesh RathodChapter Six. When Cooperation Is Not Enough: North America's Security Paradigm and the Failure to Protect Citizens' SecurityGema Kloppe-SantamaríaChapter Seven. Energy Regionalism in North America: Subnational Leadership in the Transition to Low-Carbon EconomiesDaniela StevensPart III. Interdependences and institutions in North AmericaChapter Eight. North America's Circulation Governance and Polycentric Drives for Integration and FragmentationIsidro MoralesChapter Nine. North America in Comparative Perspective: Regional Cooperation Dynamics in the Western Hemisphere and the WorldDiana Panke and SÖren StapelChapter Ten. China and North America: How an Asian Power Disrupted the US NeighborhoodBarbara StallingsChapter Eleven. Conclusion: The North American Idea Looking ForwardEric Hershberg and Tom LongAfterword. The United States and Its Near Abroad: From Hegemonic Presumption and Intermittent Interventions toward Strategic CooperationAbraham F. LowenthalContributors