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Inter‐Role Conflict, Role Strain and Role Play in Chile's Relationship with Brazil
Author(s) -
WEHNER LESLIE E.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12413
Subject(s) - salient , perspective (graphical) , bridge (graph theory) , political science , economic geography , development economics , economy , geography , economics , medicine , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
This article assesses the relationship between B razil and C hile, focusing on the fields of economic and security cooperation from C hile's perspective. Chile plays a number of different roles, the most salient of which is ‘global trader’. This role stretches beyond B razil's expectations, but it converges with the social demands of M exico and the U nited S tates as well as with the cues of the global market. Such a salient role – alongside that of mediator, bridge builder, and partner of A rgentina in security cooperation issues – influences C hile's patterns of cooperation with and distance from B razil as the regional power in S outh A merica.