From Panama to San Andres: Mutations in Colombian Foreign Policy

Colombian foreign policy has gone through important transformations in its formulation and implementation. Through a Neoclassical Realist (NCR) analysis, this article discusses the domestic and systemic factors that have influenced the Foreign Policy Executive (FPE) in Colombia. It makes a historica...

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Autores: Sánchez, Fabio, Mejía, Santiago
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Ecuador
Recursos:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Comentario Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/28
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/28
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Colombia
política exterior
realismo neoclásico
mutación.
foreign policy
neoclassical realism
mutation
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Resumo:Colombian foreign policy has gone through important transformations in its formulation and implementation. Through a Neoclassical Realist (NCR) analysis, this article discusses the domestic and systemic factors that have influenced the Foreign Policy Executive (FPE) in Colombia. It makes a historical journey through different presidential terms, ranging from the loss of Panama in 1903, to the adverse decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2012, which stripped Bogotá of a significant portion of its Caribbean Sea. This analysis reveals problems in the formulation of Colombian foreign policy due to a weak foreign service, a complex relationship with the United States and the country’s internal conflict; it is argued that if these factors were to be reduced or disappear, a new form of foreign policy in the country would be facilitated in the twenty-first century.