Description
This book examines the role of external powers in Latin America in the 21st century. Non-traditional partners have significantly increased their political and economic engagement with the continent. Five key questions arise: why has this surge taken place; when has it happened; in which regions and sectors is it mostly felt; what is the Latin American perspective; and what are the actual results? The book analyses 16 case studies: the United States, the European Union, China, Russia, Japan, Canada, India, Turkey, Iran, Israel, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, the ASEAN countries, South Africa and Australia. The spectrum of existing explanations in the literature spans from neo-extractivism to South-South cooperation. This volume places them in context and proposes a more multifaceted approach, stressing a combination of systemic factors and internal dynamics both in Latin America and in the external partner countries. Geopolitics still matters and so do nation states, their interests and leaders. Ultimately, this surge in engagement has largely reproduced past patterns. Are new partners that different from the old ones?
Table of Contents
Introduction: Analysis and "normalisation" of the surge of external powers in Latin America
Gian Luca Gardini
- The United States in Latin America: Lasting Asymmetries, Waning Influence?
- The European Union in Latin America: A "neighbour" of values
- China in Latin America: Winning Hearts and Minds Pragmatically
- Russia in Latin America
- Renewed Japanese Involvement in Latin America
- Emergency and Opportunity: Canada and the Venezuela Crisis
- From Tagore to IT: India’s changing presence in Latin America
- Turkey in Latin America: Tenacity in a changing international environment
- Iran’s Latin America Strategy and the Challenges to the Balance of Power
- Israel-Latin American Relations: What Has Changed in the Last Decade and Why?
- Patron or partner? Asymmetry and complementarity in economic relations between South Korea and Latin America
- Taiwan and Its Latin American Allies: An Uphill Diplomatic Campaign
- Strengthening Indonesia-Latin America Economic Relations: A Partnership for a Better Future
- Latin America and ASEAN: More than a Marginal Relationship?
- Latin America and South Africa in the 21st century: a romance with no future? The cases of Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela
- Distant Neighbours: Australia-Latin America Relations
Tom Long
Gian Luca Gardini
Carol Wise
Richard G. Miles
Barbara Stallings and Kotaro Horisaka
Yvon Grenier
Jorge Heine and Hari Seshasayee
Marta Tawil-Kuri
Penny L. Watson
Arie M. Kacowicz, Exequiel Lacovsky, Daniel F. Wajner
Juan Felipe López Aymes and Jae Sung Kwak
Chung-Chian Teng
Sulthon Sjahril Sabaruddin
Jörn Dosch
Gladys Lechini and Agustina Marchetti
Sean Burges
Conclusion: Geopolitics between neo-extractivism and South-South Cooperation
Gian Luca Gardini