The redefinition of the EU presence in Latin America and the Caribbean / / [edited by] Gian Luca Gardini.

• TeilnehmendeR: Gardini, Gian Luca,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 pages)

This book analyses three dimensions of the reconfiguration of European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) relations: The international context; the EU member states' foreign policies towards Latin America, and key issues in the EU-LAC agenda.

Table of Contents

Cover--HalfTitle--Title Page--Copyright Page--Acknowledgements--Contents--Notes on Contributors--The Redefinition of the EU Presence in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Introductory Discussion--Changing circumstances and the need for a profound debate on EU-LAC relations--The book ahead--Part I Foreign Policies and Contextual Factors Moulding EU-LAC Relations--Spanish Foreign Policy Towards Latin America: Time for Redefinition?--Introduction1--A brief history of Spanish foreign policy towards Latin America--Ibero-American Summits Current challenges and possibilities of Spanish foreign policy towards Latin America--Conclusions and room for redefinition--The Portuguese Foreign Policy Towards Latin America: A Yo-Yo Approach1--The foreign policy's axes of the democratic Portugal--Latin America in Portuguese foreign policy (2000-2021): Words and deeds--The Portuguese presidencies of the EU Council--Portugal and Latin America: Diplomacy, economy and culture as needed--Relations Between Germany and Latin America Through Energy Partnerships--Introduction--Theoretical framework An opportunity for German foreign energy policy in the region--Germany and Brazil--Germany and Mexico--Germany and Chile--Conclusions--Identity and International Relations: Italian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America--Italy-Latin America relations from the 19th century to the fascist period--From the post-World War II years to the end of the 20th century--Italy and Latin America in the 21st century--Conclusions--Brexit, UK and Latin America--Introduction--UK within EU Latin American policies--UK Latin American policies pre-Brexit Trade continuation agreements: Brexit and the need to recast relations with Latin America--"The more things change": Global Britain and the future of UK-Latin America relations--Conclusion--Brazil-EU Relations: Driver, Enabler or Negotiator for Interregionalism?--Introduction: EU-Brazil relations across history--From interregional to bilateral relations--The foreign policy of Brazilian Presidents and its impact on the role of Brazil in the EU's relations with the region--Luis Inácio da Silva (Lula): 2003-2010--Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016)--Michel Temer (2016-2018) Jair Messias Bolsonaro (2019-2022)--Conclusion--Autonomy as a Foreign Policy Objective: Perspectives from Europe and Latin America--Introduction--The current situation of the world under a paradigm of complex interdependence--Autonomy as a concept: European understanding--Autonomy in Latin America--Towards a new definition of autonomy for Latin America?--Conclusions--EU-LAC Relations in Times of US-China Competition--Introduction--The international structure in dispute--Wake-up calls to strengthen autonomy: Old and new dependencies.