The reemergence of China on the global stage is arguably one of the most important phenomena of our time. With its sustained high rates of economic growth, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has dramatically increased trade and investment flows with the rest of the world, including regions such as Latin America, with which it historically has had very little interaction. In many of these countries, the PRC has gone from having an almost negligible economic presence to replacing the United States as the number one or number two trading partner. Moreover, particularly since the end of the global financial crisis, Chinese companies, in coordination with the Chinese government and banks, have begun to make multibillion dollar loans and investments in Latin America, creating a rapidly expanding presence of Chinese companies and workers in the region in such sectors as construction, logistics, manufacturing, telecommunications, and retail. In terms of “soft power,” the PRC has arguably captured the imaginations of Latin American political leaders, businessmen, and students as a power meriting attention and, in some cases, courtship. While a great deal of attention has been given to Chinese commercial activity in Latin America, very little has been written in the open press regarding Chinese military engagement with the region. While visits by senior military leaders and major arms sales are reported in the Latin American press, there has been, to date, almost no detailed, comparative analysis of the PRC-Latin America military relationship. This is particularly striking, given the emphasis placed on military relationships in determining whether Chinese engagement with the region constitutes a threat to U.S. national security interests.

China-Latin America Military Engagement: Good Will, Good Business, and Strategic Position

Politics & Social Sciences

Ellis, R. Evan

Politics & Government

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Evolving Threats and Responses to Integrated, Adaptive Solutions (Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century)

Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Evolving Threats and Responses to Integrated, Adaptive Solutions provides a comprehensive overview of and introduction to transnational organized crime in Latin America for the student and practitioner. It addresses the geography of illicit activities, including relationships between source, transit, and consumption zones, as well as illicit activities beyond narcotrafficking, such as illegal mining, contraband, human smuggling, and money laundering. It applies a typology of cartels, intermediate groups, gangs, and ideological groups to examine specific criminal organizations and the relationships between them. It makes a comparative assessment of government approaches to combatting transnational organized crime in the region, including discussions of interagency coordination, interdiction, targeting of criminal group leaders, the use of the military in law enforcement, law enforcement reform efforts, prison control, and international cooperation. It concludes by applying these thorough analyses to make concrete recommendations for both Latin American and United States policymakers.

Social Sciences

Lexington Books

China-Latin America Military Engagement : Good Will, Good Business, and Strategic Position

U.S. Army War College

Ellis (Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense U.) explicates the nature of China's expanding relationship with the countries of Latin America. In addition to discussing Chinese and Latin American economic and political motives in general regional terms, he also discusses China's relations with individual countries on a case by case basis, addressing the following themes: the historical context, including the legacy of alignment on international issues; the size and characteristics of a country's ethnic Chinese community; trade interests, infrastructure, and regulation; and interactions in the political and military spheres. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

China and Latin America: The Whats and Wherefores

Lynne Rienner Pub

China in Latin America: The Whats and Wherefores

This book explores China's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean as a case study of its broader effort to use commercial tools and instruments of state to create a global economic order that functions to its benefit, while neutralizing challenges from institutions, states, and others that would oppose it. Unlike the common representation of the Cold War as a political-military struggle, this work uniquely examines China's current efforts as primarily seeking to dominate global value chains, with supporting political, technological, and military components. In this regard, it both leverages and goes beyond works based on dependency theory, which has played a key role in the academic and popular discourse in the region. The book examines evidence for China's economically-focused strategy within Latin America and the Caribbean, including the interrelationships and coordination between China's activities in different sectors, and between commercial, political, and other dimensions in the region.&nbsp; It further looks at the supporting role played by a diverse range of Chinese initiatives, from China's Belt and Road initiative, to people-to-people diplomacy, soft power, security engagement, and the PRC struggle with Taiwan for diplomatic recognition in the region, among others. The book highlights the implications for Latin America and the Caribbean, and for the U.S. whose prosperity and security is intimately tied to the region.

China Engages Latin America: Distorting Development and Democracy?

Business & Money

Economics

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