Latin America in/and the AIIB: A constructivist Analysis

Abstract. This research focuses on the relationship between Latin America and China. The authors try to answer the question of why the countries of the region have been passive in the context of their interaction with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The relevance of the topic stem...

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Autores principales: Turzi, Mariano, Méndez, Álvaro
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: RUDN University 2022
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AMERICA LATINA
China
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
CONSTRUCTIVISMO
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/15194
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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topic AMERICA LATINA
China
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
CONSTRUCTIVISMO
spellingShingle AMERICA LATINA
China
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
CONSTRUCTIVISMO
Turzi, Mariano
Méndez, Álvaro
Latin America in/and the AIIB: A constructivist Analysis
topic_facet AMERICA LATINA
China
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
CONSTRUCTIVISMO
description Abstract. This research focuses on the relationship between Latin America and China. The authors try to answer the question of why the countries of the region have been passive in the context of their interaction with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The relevance of the topic stems from the gradual increase in China’s importance and presence in the Latin American region. Today, China is one of the key economic partners of several Latin American countries. To date, however, countries in the region have not been very active in their engagement with the AIIB, despite the existence of specific material incentives. Methodologically, the study is based on a constructivist approach. According to the authors, alternative paradigms of international relations, such as liberalism and realism, fail to explain the paradox of stubborn inaction by the countries of the region. This is due to the fact that the historically rooted and culturally bound procedural nature of international relations allows constructivism to uncover the individual facts that led to this result. The authors conclude that governments in the Latin American region have “constructed” between themselves quite a few customary modes of behaviour which debilitate their demonstrated capacity for agency in international affairs. This has created a vacuum of effective strategy in relations with China in the region. Moreover, this pattern of engagement is not limited to China and is evident in the relations of regional countries with the US and other extra-regional powers.
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author Turzi, Mariano
Méndez, Álvaro
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Méndez, Álvaro
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title Latin America in/and the AIIB: A constructivist Analysis
title_short Latin America in/and the AIIB: A constructivist Analysis
title_full Latin America in/and the AIIB: A constructivist Analysis
title_fullStr Latin America in/and the AIIB: A constructivist Analysis
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