La asociación estratégica Unión Europea-América Latina: ¿unas relaciones birregionales con geometría variable?

Authors

  • Wolf Grabendorff Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar-Sede EcuadorThe Johns Hopkins UniversityBologna Center, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Keywords:

European Union, CELAC, strategic partnership, international system, biregional relations, regional integration, regional governance

Abstract

Since the proclamation of the strategic partnership between the EU and LAC 15 years ago the international system has changed dramatically with clear impact upon the biregional relations. It is therefore essential to evaluate the change in the mutual perceptions of both regions and take into account the new geopolitical context including the loss of influence of the USA and the rise of Asia especially China in the region. The strategic partnership has so far neither produced a convergence of interests nor a compatibility of acceptable norms between both regions. The EU has additionally lost its attractiveness as a “model of integration” in a region where the difference of development models has contributed to an increasing heterogeneity. It has become therefore necessary to adapt the birregional relations to the realities of the XXI century in applying a variable geometry.

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Author Biography

Wolf Grabendorff, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar-Sede EcuadorThe Johns Hopkins UniversityBologna Center, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Profesor invitado del Área de Estudios Sociales y Globales de la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador. Doctor honoris causa de la Johannes-Gutenberg Universitat Mainz, Alemania. Profesor visitante en Bologna Center, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University, Bologna.

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Published

2013-12-17

How to Cite

Grabendorff, W. (2013). La asociación estratégica Unión Europea-América Latina: ¿unas relaciones birregionales con geometría variable?. Comentario Internacional. Journal of the Andean Center of International Studies, (13), 155–171. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/49

Issue

No. 13 (2013): Regionalismo e integración regional en América Latina

Section

Central Issue

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