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The Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the Indo-Pacific Region

Political and trade relations between Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and the Indo-Pacific region are often limited to studies of their relationships with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). However, LAC countries interact more broadly with the Indo-Pacific region, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Trade relations have increased primarily with South Korea, India, and Japan. At the multilateral level, LAC countries participate in the APEC Forum, for example. Since 2017, however, Taiwan has lost a significant number of diplomatic relations with Latin American and Caribbean countries that have favored relations with China. Thus, although LAC countries’ relations with the Indo-Pacific region are more complex, they continue to be dominated by their relationship with the People’s Republic of China. Therefore, the presentation will address the following questions: What effect does the strong relationship between certain LAC countries and the People’s Republic of China have on the Indo-Pacific region? Do LAC countries have any strategic importance for the Indo-Pacific region? What opportunities and challenges do LAC countries face in the Indo-Pacific region? The presentation will include case studies of the main bilateral relations between Latin American and Caribbean countries and the People’s Republic of China, India, and Taiwan in commercial and political-strategic terms. About the speaker: Ana Soliz de Stange is a researcher and lecturer at the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Armed Forces in Hamburg, Germany. She obtained her PhD from the University of Hamburg. She holds a Magister’s degree in International Studies (Chile), a postgraduate diploma in Regional Integration (Spain), and graduate degrees in Political Science (Chile) and Law (Bolivia). Her research focuses on the field of International Relations and includes the topics of triangular relationships, especially Latin American-China-U.S. relations, China-Latin America cooperation in Outer Space, as well as regional integration in Latin America. She is particularly interested in the study of synchronization, a concept borrowed from physics, which she proposes as an interdisciplinary approach to the examination of triangular relations in the context of International Relations. Before joining the economics faculty at the Helmut-Schmidt University, she was a research fellow at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg. In addition, she has lectured at universities in Bolivia, Chile, and Hamburg and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Aberdeen, the University of Sydney, and the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Her research, including field research in China, has been funded by Übersee-Club Hamburg, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), the Hanns Seidel Stiftung, and the Fundación Carolina. She is a member of the International Studies Association (ISA) and the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). This event is sponsored by the EUVIP project. https://www.euvip-project.com/