This book examines European countries’ engagement in promoting regional integration in the East African Community (EAC). In addition to their usage of the European Union (EU), states employ other bilateral initiatives to channel their regional aid to the EAC. To analyse why states behave in this way, the book describes various national interests that explain how they decided to engage with the EAC, both multilaterally via the EU and through their other bilateral channels. Doing so via the EU, states can pursue common European interests, whereas via other bilateral initiatives, they can...