China-US Rivalry and Regional Reordering in Latin America and the Caribbean

This book provides a comprehensive, conceptual and analytical framework for understanding the reordering process in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, driven and shaped by China–US rivalry. It demonstrates the differences between China–US, China–LAC and US–LAC relations and questions to what extent the LAC region can be considered a unified actor. Exploring broad perspectives such as global governance, international institutions, trade, security policy, climate change, multilateralism and regional and global peace and stability, the contributors also consider China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and “minilateral” cooperation, sustainable development and business and the role of soft power, such as tourism and education in China–LAC relations. This timely and important contribution analyzing the changing regional order in the LAC region brought about by China’s global rise and increasing hegemonic competition with the US will appeal to scholars and student of international relations, international political economy, and security studies.

Li Xing is a Distinguished Professor at Guangdong Institute for International Strategies (GIIS). He is also a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and Society, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is also appointed as honorary professor by many Chinese universities. Professor Li has produced a large number of international and Chinese journal publications. Since 2010, he has edited many book series on the theme of the “rise of China and the impact on the existing capitalist world order”. Four of his recent edited volumes are: Mapping China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (Palgrave, 2018); The International Political Economy of the BRICS (Routledge, 2019); China‑Latin America Relations in the 21st Century: The Dual Complexities of Opportunities and Challenges (Palgrave, 2020); and China‑EU Relations in a New Era of Global Transformation (Routledge, 2021).

Javier Vadell fical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas). He is also a Visiting Professor at the National University of Rosario (UNR), Argentina, at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), and at Jiaxing University, China. He is a Research Fellow at China’s Huaqiao University, Xiamen. He is the Editor‑in‑Chief of Estudos Internacionais, journal of International Relations of PUC Minas. He is a researcher at CNPq, Brazil. He is a member of the CLACSO “China and the map of world power” Working Group. He has published numerous articles and book chapters about Latin America international politics and China.