From the British partner towards the strategic association with China: Argentina and peripheral realism

From the theoretical perspective of peripheral realism this article is an analysis of theforeign and commercial policy of peripheral countries in a changing international environment. It is mainly focused on the 1989 - 2014 period due to the shift of the world economic axis towards the North Pacific...

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Main Author: Bolinaga, Luciano Damián
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto de Estudios Internacionales 2015
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Online Access:http://www.sisomosamericanos.cl/index.php/sisomosamericanos/article/view/572
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Summary:From the theoretical perspective of peripheral realism this article is an analysis of theforeign and commercial policy of peripheral countries in a changing international environment. It is mainly focused on the 1989 - 2014 period due to the shift of the world economic axis towards the North Pacific with China rapidly rising to become a great power. From the Argentinean case, the way a periphery country readdresses its commercial and foreign policy towards the new centers of international power is analyzed. In spite of this time delimitation, the structural factor is considered when studying the bilateral relations between Argentina and England under the economic epicenter of the European Atlantic, and with United States under the economic axis of the North Atlantic. The analysis of recurring tendencies of the system provides a high instrumental value for the design and implementation of commercial and foreign policies. Argentina profited from its bilateral relation and its commercial complement with England. With the rising of the United States, Argentina chose the confrontation an also faced the competitiveness of its productive structures. As China emerges as a great power we asked: What kind of commercial and political relationship Argentina remained with this country? Desde la perspectiva teórica del realismo periférico se analiza la política comercial y exterior de los países periféricos en una coyuntura de cambio internacional. Así, el periodo 1989-2014 es relevante porque se produce el cambio del epicentro económico mundial hacia el Pacífico Norte y se acelera el ascenso de China como gran potencia. El caso argentino expone como un país periférico reorienta su política comercial y exterior hacia los nuevos centros de poder internacional. Asímismo, el factor estructural sale a la luz al estudiar las relaciones bilaterales de Argentina con Inglaterra, bajo el epicentro económico del Atlántico europeo, y con Estados Unidos, ya con el eje económico sobre el Atlántico Norte. El estudio de tendencias recurrentes del sistema resulta de un alto valor instrumental para el diseño e implementación políticas comerciales y exteriores. Argentina aprovechó su vínculo bilateral y la complementación comercial con Inglaterra. Frente al ascenso de Estados Unidos optó por confrontar y tuvo que lidiar con estructuras productivas competitivas. Ante la emergencia de China como una gran potencia cabe preguntarse qué tipo de vínculos comerciales y políticos mantuvo la Argentina con el país asiático.