Geopolitics, regional integration and the world system

This CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System promotes an interdisciplinary debate on the geopolitical challenges of regional integration processes,

particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the context of the growing tension occurring in the Contemporary Capitalist World System.

Tension characterized by the increase in the international aggressiveness of the United States as it is unable to reverse its hegemonic decline and feels increasingly threatened by other economic and political powers that, gradually but steadily, are moving towards the configuration of a new multipolar order in the distribution of global power.

Within this general context, special attention is paid to the analysis of the dispute over territories and natural resources and the impact of these processes on local populations, social movements, governments, national sovereignties and public policies; the reconfigurations of the world economy and the international financial system; the new dynamics of South-South and North-South relations in the context of a multipolar system in formation; the spirit of the Bandung Conference (1955) and the emergence of a new world order; hegemonic strategies and militarization processes; and the threats, opportunities and challenges of regional integration processes.

In this sense, discussion and study are promoted on the main elements that mark the dynamics of the world economy and its impact on the contemporary Latin American situation, seeking to analyze the complexity of the interests at stake on the continent, from the hegemonic centers, from the emerging powers in the world system, from the governments and from the diversity of social and political actors in the region.

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Work Plan 2023-2025