Latin America on the new international stage: what room for regionalism and regional cooperation?

Andrea C. Bianculli, profesora agregada, coordinadora del Máster en Relaciones Internacionales, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). abianculli@ibei.org. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1352-1772

This article examines the state, future configuration and ways of managing the international order, as well as Latin America’s place in that order, to understand where it is now and reflect on what it might be like and how it might develop in the future. To do so, we employ the notion of “non-hegemonic order”, which has no start date because it stems from a combination of processes of varying duration and effects. We argue that the order taking shape will have two main fault lines: a breach between two opposing and different Norths – North 1 and North 2 – and another breach between the two Norths and a Global South diverse in resources and power configurations, of which Latin America forms part (with its own specificities). We address the singular position of the Latin American region which in a bid to consolidate its autonomy maintains a complex triangular Latin America-United States-China dynamic.

Key words: Latin America, ideas, interests, institutions, regionalism, regional cooperation, crisis, international order

How to cite this article: Bianculli, Andrea C. «América Latina en el nuevo escenario internacional: ¿qué espacio hay para el regionalismo y la cooperación regional?». Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, n.º 136 (abril de 2024), p. 89-110. DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2024.136.1.89

Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, nº 136, p. 89-110
Quadrimestral (January-April 2024)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2024.136.1.89

Reception date: 16.10.23 ; Acceptance date:  10.02.24

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