ABSTRACT

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? 

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

Analysis and ‘normalization’ of the surge of external powers in Latin America

chapter 1|14 pages

The United States in Latin America

Lasting asymmetries, waning influence?

chapter 2|15 pages

The European Union in Latin America

A ‘neighbour’ of values

chapter 3|15 pages

China in Latin America

Winning hearts and minds pragmatically 1

chapter 4|16 pages

Russia in Latin America

chapter 6|15 pages

Emergency and opportunity

Canada and the Venezuela crisis 1

chapter 7|17 pages

From Tagore to IT

India’s changing presence in Latin America

chapter 8|15 pages

Turkey in Latin America

Tenacity in a changing international environment

chapter 10|14 pages

Israel-Latin America relations:

What has changed in the past decade and why? 1

chapter 12|17 pages

Taiwan and its Latin American allies

An uphill diplomatic campaign

chapter 13|16 pages

Strengthening Indonesia-Latin America economic relations

A partnership for a better future

chapter 14|16 pages

Latin America and Asean

More than a marginal relationship?

chapter 15|14 pages

Latin America and South Africa in the 21st century

A romance with no future? The cases of Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela

chapter 16|14 pages

Distant neighbours

Australia-Latin America relations

chapter |14 pages

Conclusion

Geopolitics between neo-extractivism and South-South cooperation