A Counter-Hegemonic Challenge in the Western Hemisphere? The Relations between China and CELAC (2008-2018)
This article examines China’s engagement from 2008 to 2018 with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). We ask whether China has utilized CELAC as a counter-hegemonic challenge to US dominance in the Western Hemisphere. To analyze this question, we delved deeper into the theor...
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| Language: | English |
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Iberoamericana / Vervuert
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/3174 |
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| Summary: | This article examines China’s engagement from 2008 to 2018 with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). We ask whether China has utilized CELAC as a counter-hegemonic challenge to US dominance in the Western Hemisphere. To
analyze this question, we delved deeper into the theoretical debates around rationalist and neo-Gramscian notions of hegemony and applied four types of China-promoted multilateral institutions to CELAC. We argue that China’s engagement with CELAC functioned as an “institutional offshore balancing” strategy, advancing a largely pragmatic and non-confrontational to avoid a Kindleberger Trap.
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| ISSN: | 1577-3388 2255-520X |