China-US Rivalry and Regional Reordering in Latin America and the Caribbean (New Regionalisms Series)

This book provides a comprehensive, conceptual and analytical framework for understanding the reordering process in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, driven and shaped by China-US rivalry. It demonstrates the differences between China-US, China-LAC, and US-LAC relations and questions to what extent the LAC region can be considered a unified actor. Exploring broad perspectives such as global governance, international institutions, trade, security policy, climate change, multilateralism, and regional and global peace and stability, the contributors also consider Chinas Belt and Road Initiative, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and minilateral cooperation, sustainable development and business, and the role of soft power, such as tourism and education in China-LAC relations. This timely and important contribution analyzing the changing regional order in the LAC region brought about by Chinas global rise and increasing hegemonic competition with the US, will appeal to scholars and student of international relations, international political economy, and security, studies. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Annexures List of Contributors 1 International Order Transition and China–US Rivalry: Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean 2 Conceptualizing China–US Rivalry and Its Dynamic Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean 3 The New Projectment Economy, the Chinese Embedded Globalization, and Implications for Latin American and the Caribbean 4 China and US Systemic Rivalry in the Contemporary Transition of World Power 5 The Biden Administration and the Rise of China: Implications for US Policy in Latin America 6 Central America and the Caribbean in US–China Strategic Competition 7 Too Small to Choose? The Uruguayan Perspectives of Foreign Policy in the New Scenario 8 The US and China’s Projections in the Andean Region: A Historical Structural Approach and Post-Pandemic Scenarios 9 Between China and the US: The Geopolitics of Mexico in the 21st Century 10 Brazil and the China–US Rivalry: There and Back Again 11 China–Argentina Relations in the Framework of the “Necessary Symbiotic Interdependence” and “Strategic (Regional) Autonomy” 12 Venezuela and the US–China Dispute 13 Chile in the US–China Competition: Defying Zero-Sum Logic with Pragmatism and Complementarity? 14 Final Remarks and Perspectives: China–US Rivalry, World Reordering, and Latin American Responses Index