WITH THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF DONALD TRUMP BEGINNING ON JANUARY 20, 2025, THE TRADE AND TARIFF WAR BEGAN, SLOWING GLOBALIZATION, ALONG WITH ACTIONS RESPONDING TO FOREIGN POLICY AND HEMISPHERIC SECURITY AS ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES. WITH THIS, WASHINGTON REGAINS AND REINFORCES ITS GEOPOLITICAL AND STRATEGIC POWER AND INFLUENCE IN LATIN AMERICA.
GIVEN THIS SCENARIO, CHINA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND RUSSIA MAINTAIN A CERTAIN PRESENCE AND INFLUENCE IN LATIN AMERICA; HOWEVER, MOST LEFTIST POPULIST GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED DUE TO THEIR MISTAKES AND POOR RESULTS IN THEIR LEADING ROLE IN THE REGION, ALONG WITH THE WEAKENING AND POSSIBLE DISSOLUTION OF THE VENEZUELAN, CUBAN, AND NICARAGUAN DICTATORSHIPS.
ALL OF THE ABOVE IS FRAMED WITHIN A SCENARIO OF TRADE WARS AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISPUTES, AS WELL AS MILITARY CONFLICTS AND WARS THAT ARE SHAPING THE RECONFIGURATION OF POWER AT THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL.
IN THIS REGARD, GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS PERSIST, INCLUDING RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES, AS WELL AS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL AGAINST PALESTINE, LEBANON, AND IRAN. GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS AND AERIAL, TERRITORIAL, AND MARITIME CONFLICTS PERSIST BETWEEN CHINA AND ASIAN COUNTRIES AND THEIR WESTERN ALLIES, REVEALING A PROCESS OF GLOBAL RECONFIGURATION, WITHOUT ANY “NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER” BEING OBSERVED IN THE SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM.
THEREFORE, THE SYMPOSIUM WILL ACCEPT PAPERS THAT INCORPORATE AND ANALYZE THE CHANGES, IMPACTS, SCOPE, AND LIMITATIONS OF WASHINGTON’S REPOSITIONING IN LATIN AMERICA, AS WELL AS THE INFLUENCE OF CHINA, RUSSIA, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE REGION, AND HOW THIS CAUSES CHANGES AND MAINTAINS OR DEEPENS SOCIAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, MIGRATORY, FORCED DISPLACEMENT, HEMISPHERIC SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE, COOPERATION, AND ANTI-COOPERATION PROBLEMS; TERRITORIAL AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS; CLIMATE CRISES; AS WELL AS THE CONNECTING THREADS WITH OTHER REGIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES, FRAMING THESE PHENOMENA WITHIN VARIOUS THEORETICAL INTERPRETATIONS, IN ORDER TO UNRAVEL THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
