Abstract

THOENE, Ulf; CUESTAS ZAMORA, Edgard Júnior  and  LONDONO, María Carmelina. THE PACIFIC ALLIANCE AND LATIN-AMERICAN REGIONALISM: IN SEARCH OF AN AUTONOMIST REVITALIZATION OF INTEGRATION. anal.polit. [online]. 2017, vol.30, n.89, pp.91-110. ISSN 0121-4705.  https://doi.org/10.15446/anpol.v30n89.66219.

The Pacific Alliance (PA) is the most recent attempt of economic regional integration in Latin America. This research article analyses the PA from a constructivist theoretical perspective establishing a relationship between the identities of the founding states of the integration process and the definition of its institutional structure. This research hence reviews the integration mechanism of the Alliance from a political perspective as well as from the main approaches to integration prevalent in the region. It is argued that this initiative was designed in order to defend state national interests and react to an aspiration of regional leadership, which explains the adoption of a model of strategic cooperation seeking to strengthen the relationships with powers outside the region and to reduce the dependence on the hegemonic regional power.

Keywords : Pacific Alliance; constructivism; intergovernmentalism; supranationalism; strategic cooperation; regional integration.

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