UNASUR: Regional Pluralism as a Strategic Outcome



Título del documento: UNASUR: Regional Pluralism as a Strategic Outcome
Revista: Contexto internacional
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000445644
ISSN: 0102-8529
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburgo. Alemania
2Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Año:
Periodo: May-Ago
Volumen: 38
Número: 2
Paginación: 545-565
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en español South America features a very particular regional architecture, one which is characterised by the proliferation and overlapping of regional organisations, with UNASUR at the centre. UNASUR is an intergovernmental organisation with no supranational institutions. The article will argue that institutional flexibility, which is both a core element of South American regionalism and a specific institutional feature of UNASUR, corresponds with the key interests of the founding members of this organisation. Based on this assumption, the article will analyse the strategies and policies of the various Argentinean governments during the period when UNASUR was created (1999–2008). It will differentiate between a ‘uniaxial’ regional integration approach structured around one thematic axis and a ‘multiaxial’ approach evolving along multiple axes in parallel; it will also ask to what extent the new regional architecture corresponds to the core interests of that country. For the Argentinean government, it was important to ensure that UNASUR would not constrain its foreign policy options. The result was the variable geometry codified in the UNASUR Constitutive Treaty
Disciplinas: Relaciones internacionales
Palabras clave: Política internacional,
Relaciones económicas internacionales,
América Latina,
América del Sur,
Argentina,
Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR),
Regionalismo,
Integración regional
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