The United States and Argentina

Changing Relations in a Changing World

Deborah Norden, Roberto Guillermo Russell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136704123
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Historically, Argentina has been one of the strongest, most independent countries of Latin America. It seems odd then, that Argentina should develop a foreign policy during the post-Cold War period characterized by a strong allegiance to the United States. However, the end of the bilateral world left the U.S. foreign policy much less focused at the same time that Argentine foreign policy became much more focused. For Argentina, domestic changes-especially economic and political instability-encouraged the government to redefine U.S.-Argentine relations from prior patterns of conflict and distrust, in order to improve the country's international image and attract foreign support. Covering two decades of history, this book seeks to explain for the first time, the reasons for the emergence of a strong friendship between the United States and Argentina. Beginning with the history of U.S.-Argentine relations up until the end of the Cold War, the text then considers changes in:
The international political system
The nature of domestic politics and their influence on foreign policy-making in both countries
Recent issues in U.S.-Argentine relations
The United States and Argentina sets out to explore the nature of U.S.-Argentinean relations by concentrating on the issues which have shaped and stood out in the dialogue between the two countries and how this shifting relationship has been played out in international institutions. This will be the fourth in our Contemporary Inter-American Relations Series.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• SERIES PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1 AUTONOMOUS ARGENTINA: A HISTORY OF U.S.-ARGENTINE RELATIONS
• CHAPTER 2 THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF U.S.-ARGENTINE RELATIONS
• CHAPTER 3 THE MAKING OF FOREIGN POLICY: COMPETING MODELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ARGENTINA
• CHAPTER 4 DEFINING THE TERMS OF FRIENDSHIP: ISSUES IN U.S.-ARGENTINE RELATIONS
• CHAPTER 5 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: AN ACCOMMODATION WITH LIMITS
• CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION
• NOTES
• INDEX
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS