ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book analyzes the contours of development and areas of new regional configurations within the Americas in a time of global regionalization using different perspectives and methods. Three characteristics distinguish the New South American regionalism (NSAR). Firstly, speaks of new regionalism, because it is part of the major trend of global regionalization that started after the Cold War, and it is a response to the shift of the world axis from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific since the 1980s. The second notable difference in the political-economic nature of this germinal regional configuration is political, as its focus lies in the regional reorientation of development on the basis of two paths: democratic stability, and a historical reduction of structural inequalities. The final feature is the redefinition of geopolitics, the role of social forces, and approaches to securities and national neighbors.
