Decline of the U.S. Hegemony?

A Challenge of ALBA and a New Latin American Integration of the Twenty-First Century
Herausgeber: Bagley, Bruce M.; Defort, Magdalena

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Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the historical and ideological roots of ALBA and its connection to the region's various geopolitical and ideological dimensions. The program known as the Chavismo, which has been offered as an alternative for Latin American and Caribbean nations to face the challenges of the twenty-first century, is the main topic of this study.

Produktdetails

• Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9781498506748
• ISBN-10: 1498506747
• Artikelnr.: 42471022

Autorenporträt

Edited by Bruce M. Bagley and Magdalena Defort

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: A Guide to ALBA: What is the Bolivarian Alternative to the
Americas and What Does It Do? Joel D. Hirst and Chistopher Sabatini Chapter
2: New Philosophy and Socialism of the 21st Century John W. Murphy Chapter
3: Chávez and ALBA David Adams and Phil Gunson Chapter 4: Political And
Ideological Aspects Of The Alianza Bolivariana Para Los Pueblos De Nuestra
América - Tratado De Comercio De Los Pueblos (ALBA - TCP): Viability and
Sustainability? Chapter 5: ALBA: Ideology overcomes integration? Josette
Altmann Borbón Chapter 6: Neo-Bolivarian Challenges: Cuba and Venezuela and
Their Foreign Policies Magdalena Defort Chapter 7: Morales' Bolivia and
ALBA Marten W. Brienen Chapter 8: ALBA and Petro-Caribe: Successes and a
Paradoxical Failure of Venezuelan Soft Power in the Caribbean Anthony P.
Maingot Chapter 9: ALBA and Central America: Nicaraguan Integration and
Sub-Regional Mistrust Cristina Eguizábal Chapter 10: The Post- Washington
Consensus Regional Integration in South America Convergence and Divergence
in ALBA and UNASUR: A Comparative Perspective Khatchik DerGhougassian
Chapter 11: Military Geometry of ALBA: Venezuela's Armed Forces, Terrorism,
and Revolutionary Islam Magdalena Defort Chapter 12: UNASUR: Constructing
the South American Identity Marcela Ganem Chapter 13: The South American
Defense Council vis a vis ALBA: Dilemmas and Contradictions of the New
Security Diplomacy Raúl Benítez Manaut and Rut Diamint Chapter 14: ALBA and
Economic Regionalization in Latin America Roberto Domínguez Chapter 15:
ALBA-TCP: A Viable and Sustainable Alternative? Marcela Anzola-Gil Chapter
16: The Bolivarian Alliance and the United States of America - Incompatible
Ideas Joel D. Hirst Chapter 17: Russia and ALBA: A Marriage of Convenience
Vladimir Rouvinski Chapter 18: Europe and the New Latin America. Spanish
Perception of New Trends in South American Security and Integration: Focus
on ALBA Joaquín Roy Chapter 19: Chinese Engagement with the ALBA Countries:
A Relationship of Mutual Convenience? R. Evan Ellis