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Coloso fragmentado: The “intermestic” agenda and Latin American foreign policy
Author(s) -
Tom Long
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
foro internacional
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-6523
pISSN - 0185-013X
DOI - 10.24201/fi.v0i0.1
Subject(s) - latin americans , diplomacy , foreign policy , argument (complex analysis) , political science , negotiation , political economy , sociology , law , politics , biochemistry , chemistry
“Intermestic” issues, including trade, migration, and drug-trafficking, dominate contemporary U.S.-Latin American relations and matter deeply to Latin American and Caribbean states. The differing dynamics these create within the U.S. foreign policy process have been broadly explored. However, this article asks what effects the dynamics of U.S. intermesticity have on Latin American and Caribbean foreign policy towards the United States. Building on work by Robert Putnam and Helen Milner, it argues that intermestic issues have narrower win-sets and more veto players than traditional foreign policy issues. This complicates attempts at influencing U.S. policies, putting Latin American and Caribbean states at a disadvantage. Intermestic diplomacy demands different strategies. The argument is examined against the case of the U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking dispute.

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