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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">22592</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2019-19-3-432-438</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>国际经济关系</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Assessing the Obstacles of Regional Integration in the Horn of Africa: the Case of IGAD</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Оценка препятствий региональной интеграции на Африканском Роге: пример ИГАД</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gardachew</surname><given-names>Bewuketu Dires</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гардачев</surname><given-names>Бевукету Дирес</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Assistant Professor and Researcher, Department of Political Science and International Studies</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">преподаватель, исследователь, факультет политологии и международных исследований</bio><email>bewuket23@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kefale</surname><given-names>Gebeyehu Mengesha</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кефале</surname><given-names>Гебейеху Менгеша</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Assistant Professor and Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">преподаватель, исследователь, факультет социальной антропологии</bio><email>23addisgb@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Antigegn</surname><given-names>Getahun Kumie</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Антигегн</surname><given-names>Гетахун Куми</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Assistant Professor and Researcher, Department of Political Science and International Studies</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">преподаватель, исследователь, факультет политологии и международных исследований</bio><email>getkumie@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Bahir Dar University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Бахр-Дара</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>19</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">International Energy Cooperation</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Международное энергетическое сотрудничество</issue-title><fpage>432</fpage><lpage>438</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-12-30"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Gardachew B.D., Kefale G.M., Antigegn G.K.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Гардачев Б.Д., Кефале Г.М., Антигегн Г.К.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gardachew B.D., Kefale G.M., Antigegn G.K.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гардачев Б.Д., Кефале Г.М., Антигегн Г.К.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/22592">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/22592</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">Since the independence of the continent, there have been failed attempts to industrialize it using import-substitution policy, which gave rise to the idea of regional integration as an instrument to facilitate structural transformation in Africa. Consequently, African countries have embraced regional integration as an essential element of their development strategies principally driven by the economic rational of overcoming the restraint of small and fractioned economies working in isolation. The establishment of the Organization for African Unity (OAU) in 1963 believed to contribute to many integration initiatives. Even after the transformation of OAU to AU, leaders of the continent once again emphasized their dedication to the idea of regional integration. Obviously, even in the future the issue will continue to be one of the main economic agendas of the continent as there is a widely shared belief that regional cooperation is crucial to tackle development challenges that cannot be addressed at a national level. The cardinal objective of this paper is to assess the obstacles of regional integration in the Horn of Africa. Hence, the findings show that political instability, conflicts, overlapping membership and weak infrastructure are the main challenges for regional integration in East Africa.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">С момента обретения независимости Африканского континента предпринимались неудачные попытки его индустриализации с использованием политики импортозамещения, что породило идею региональной интеграции как инструмента, способствующего структурным преобразованиям в Африке. Следовательно, африканские страны восприняли региональную интеграцию в качестве важного элемента своих стратегий развития, главным образом обусловленных экономическим обоснованием преодоления ограничений малых и раздробленных экономик, работающих в изоляции. Считается, что создание Организации африканского единства (ОАЕ) в 1963 г. внесло свой вклад во многие интеграционные инициативы. Даже после преобразования ОАЕ в Африканский союз (АС) лидеры континента еще раз подчеркнули свою приверженность идее региональной интеграции. Очевидно, что даже в будущем этот вопрос будет оставаться одной из главных экономических программ континента, поскольку широко распространено мнение о том, что региональное сотрудничество имеет решающее значение для решения проблем развития, которые не могут быть решены на национальном уровне. Основной целью этого документа является оценка препятствий региональной интеграции на Африканском Роге. Таким образом, результаты показывают, что политическая нестабильность, конфликты, дублирование членства и слабая инфраструктура являются основными проблемами для региональной интеграции в Восточной Африке.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Regional integration</kwd><kwd>IGAD</kwd><kwd>neo-functionalism</kwd><kwd>liberal inter-governmentalism</kwd><kwd>globalization</kwd><kwd>political instability</kwd><kwd>overlapping membership</kwd><kwd>weak infrastructure</kwd><kwd>conflict</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>региональная интеграция</kwd><kwd>ИГАД</kwd><kwd>неофункционализм</kwd><kwd>либеральный межправительственный подход</kwd><kwd>глобализация</kwd><kwd>политическая нестабильность</kwd><kwd>дублирование членства</kwd><kwd>слабая инфраструктура</kwd><kwd>конфликт</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Abdi, A. &amp; Seid, E. (2013). Assessment of Economic Integration in IGAD. 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