Abstract

GALEANO DAVID, Héctor José. Colombia’s foreign policy: a stalled institution in the history. rev. econ. Caribe [online]. 2012, n.9, pp.201-235. ISSN 2011-2106.

Foreign policy is understood as a public policy, aimed at the achievement of the interests of a State, through interaction with the other actors in the international system. Its design and implementation must be based on the ability of governments to consolidate the political and economic spaces through medium- and long-term strategic alliances with the other players in the international system. The main purpose of this essay is to analyze the evolution of Colombia's foreign policy and the influence that the various models have had throughout history, marked mainly by the respice polum, as paradigm prevalent during the greater part of our historical evolution. Also, it will consider the theoretical pillars that institutionalism brings in its design, implementation and transformation, generating with it, fundamental tools of required study.

Keywords : Réspice polum; foreign policy; neo-institutionalism; foreign ministry; interdependence.

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