The Foreign Policy of Contemporary Argentina. Between the Search for Autonomy and the Acceptance of Subordination Cover Image

La política exterior de la Argentina contemporánea: Entre la búsqueda de autonomía y la aceptación del lugar subordinado
The Foreign Policy of Contemporary Argentina. Between the Search for Autonomy and the Acceptance of Subordination

Author(s): Damián Paikin
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Government/Political systems, Politics and Identity
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: foreign policy; Argentina; Latin America; autonomy; globalism

Summary/Abstract: The foreign policy of Latin American countries is debated between two antagonistic positions. The logics of autonomy, on one hand, and the logic of globalism, on the other. Both views are based on a common diagnosis: the weakness of the countries of the region. However, from there they differ in their proposals. While the first presents a confrontational scenario against the powers, the second seeks an adaptive path. This “Latin American pendulum”, resulting in foreign policies oscillating according to the government, is perhaps most radical in Argentina. In this key, the present work analyzes the foreign policy of the governments of Mauricio Macri (2015–2019) and Alberto Fernández (2019–2023), seeking to understand if they put into practice the conceptual ideological foundations that they tried to impose from their actions.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 151-168
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Spanish