geopolitics

Calm before the storm

June 22, 2010

Jorge Castañeda’s (former Mexican foreign minister and NYU professor) piece on geopolitics in Latin America and the two competing regional blocs: “Americas-1″—nations neutral to the conflict between the United States and Venezuela/Cuba or are openly opposed to the “Bolivariano” governments of Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela; and “Americas-2″—radical left nations moderately retreating but able [...]

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LatAm tilts toward China, Iran and global south

August 16, 2009

This week’s issue of The Economist has a briefing article assessing Latin American geopolitics aptly titled “The dragon in the backyard.” The diversification of Latin America’s economic ties has raised in some minds a nagging question: does it foreshadow geopolitical changes? In the United States some Republicans worry that China’s growing economic weight poses a [...]

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