Coloso fragmentado: The “intermestic” agenda and Latin American foreign policy

 “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...

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Autor: Long, Tom
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Foro Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.forointernacional.colmex.mx:article/2381
Acceso en línea:https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/2381
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:intermestic
transnational
foreign policy
U.S.-Latin American relations
cross-border trucking
interméstico
transnacional
política exterior
relaciones Estados Unidos-América Latina
relaciones México-Estados Unidos
cruce fronterizo de camiones
grupos de interés
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Sumario: “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.