Reassessing Latin American Regionalism: Emerging Powers and New Cooperation Schemes

Abstract

After the new regionalism wave of the 1990s, the 2000s have witnessed diminishing performance, rising rhetoric and yet noteworthy inflation of Latin American regional projects. In the 2010s, the gap between discourse and action in regional organizations has faded as emerging powers seek for new roles in the international arena instead of concentrating exclusively in their own regions. Recent initiatives like the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) or the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) are embedded in this logic: they can be seen as international power coalitions rather than integration blocs. The initiatives promoted by these organizations foster cooperation among member states while assuring their autonomy at the global level. What are the determinants and consequences of this new approach to regionalism in Latin America? How do the new organizations interact with each other and with the previous ones? How do large- and small-power’s foreign policies promote, and adapt to, the current configuration? This panel invites contributions that address these questions both theoretically and empirically.

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