LAUNCH | Latin America and Its Projection in the Asia-Pacific
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On Wednesday, December 7 at 09:00 hrs., the Center for International Studies UC (CEIUC) in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung-Chile, held the presentation of the book “Latin America and Its Projection in the Asia-Pacific.”
The event was presented by the representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Chile, Olaf Jacob, and the Director of the Center for International Studies UC and editor of the book, Jorge Sahd. Additionally, two of the book’s authors spoke at the event: Karina Fernández-Stark from Duke University and José Luis Parra, director of the Strategic Observatory of the Pacific Alliance.
The event was moderated by Marcel Oppliger, editor of Diario Financiero.
This book aims to propose and update ideas regarding the relations between Latin America and the Asia-Pacific, the latter having become the most dynamic economic zone globally, with its relevance in the region significantly increasing over the past decades.
The potential represented by the Asia-Pacific in commercial, geopolitical, and strategic terms has been recognized by other global actors. Examples of this include the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, commonly known as TPP11; the projection of the Pacific Alliance through associated states (Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada); the idea of creating a free trade area under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); and various bilateral free trade agreement negotiations between countries in the region and Asia. Geopolitically, the book addresses the notion of the Indo-Pacific as a key concept in Latin America’s projection towards Asia, in a context of strategic competition between the two main global powers: the United States and China. Similarly, in international security, it analyzes the Asian keys in a context of transformations in the international order. With Latin America and Its Projection in the Asia-Pacific, the aim is to generate reflection on those areas of opportunity for the region while identifying the complexities of the new global scenario in the Asian space. A reflection that is useful for the academic community and decision-makers at both public and private levels.
This book includes a chapter by the executive director of AthenaLab, Juan Pablo Toro: “The Indo-Pacific and Its Projection Towards Latin America: The Japanese Path.”
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