América Latina en el nuevo escenario internacional: ¿qué espacio hay para el regionalismo y la cooperación regional?

Latin America on the new international stage: what room for regionalism and regional cooperation?

INSTITUTIONAL environment; INTERNATIONAL economic integration; REGIONALISM; REGIONAL cooperation; COVID-19 pandemic; INTERNATIONAL relations; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; COOPERATION; ACHIEVEMENT

El sistema internacional atraviesa una etapa de transición, marcada por el debilitamiento del multilateralismo, la contestación del orden liberal y la consolidación de nuevos liderazgos globales; además, distintas crisis transfronterizas, como la pandemia de la COVID-19, han profundizado los efectos de estos cambios a nivel regional. En este contexto, ¿cuál es el espacio para la cooperación regional en América Latina? En tanto herramienta de concertación regional y de integración en los flujos y dinámicas internacionales, el regionalismo evidencia logros y retos pendientes. En términos analíticos, el artículo plantea una aproximación que permite examinar el conjunto de intereses, ideas e instituciones en juego a nivel regional en América Latina. El argumento central es que la dinámica cambiante del regionalismo resulta del modo en que los intereses de los estados interactúan con las ideas sobre la región en un entorno institucional específico a lo largo del tiempo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The international system is in a period of transition, marked by a weakening of multilateralism, challenges to the liberal order and the consolidation of new global leaderships. In addition, various cross-border crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic, have compounded the effects of these changes at a regional level. Given this context, what room is there for regional cooperation in Latin America? As a tool for regional coordination and integration into international flows and dynamics, regionalism can boast achievements, but challenges remain. In analytical terms, this paper proposes an approach that enables an examination of the combination of interests, ideas and institutions at play on a regional level in Latin America. The central argument is that the changing dynamics of regionalism are a product of the way in which states' interests interact with ideas about the region in a specific institutional environment over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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