2005
DOI: 10.1353/lap.2005.0047
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Cooperative Hegemony and Summitry in the Americas

Abstract: As an instrument for governance, summitry is a novel structure for the management of contemporary hemispheric regionalism in the Americas. Such regionalism is a clear case of the "structuralist paradox" of international cooperation. This article attempts to explain the particular asymmetric regionalism in the Americas by using the concept of cooperative hegemony. The underlying hypothesis is that the U.S. government, since 1994, has pursued a strategy of cooperative behavior, at least in regard to power sharin… Show more

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“…This was displayed in the Summit of the Americas as well, a triennial hemispheric gathering sponsored by the OAS. The inaugural summit in 1994 launched the FTAA, the focus of subsequent gatherings (Mace and Loiseau 2005). As stated by Secretary of State John Kerry (2014), the summit brings together leaders from "across the region to open new markets and to create new free trade zones, to strengthen the movement toward democracy, and to improve the quality of life for all our people.…”
Section: Cuba the Oas And The Summit Of The Americasmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This was displayed in the Summit of the Americas as well, a triennial hemispheric gathering sponsored by the OAS. The inaugural summit in 1994 launched the FTAA, the focus of subsequent gatherings (Mace and Loiseau 2005). As stated by Secretary of State John Kerry (2014), the summit brings together leaders from "across the region to open new markets and to create new free trade zones, to strengthen the movement toward democracy, and to improve the quality of life for all our people.…”
Section: Cuba the Oas And The Summit Of The Americasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The emergence of Latin America's new left adversely impacted the U.S. ability to use the Summit of the Americas process to advance regional goals, including the agenda setting and institutionalization of trade liberalization (Mace and Loiseau 2005). Yet as with the OAS, this form of summitry remained vital to Washington's pursuit of "cooperative hegemony," in Mace and Loiseau's term (2005), partly because new institutions were moving diplomacy and economic integration away from established multilateral forums.…”
Section: Cuba the Oas And The Summit Of The Americasmentioning
confidence: 99%