A Counter-Hegemonic Challenge in the Western Hemisphere? The Relations between China and CELAC (2008-2018)

Klaas Dykmann, Nicolai Hausgaard Kjær Hede

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Abstract

This article examines China’s engagement from 2008 to 2018 with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). We ask whether China has utilized CELAC as a counter-hegemonic challenge to US dominance in the Western Hemisphere. To analyze this question, we delved deeper into the theoretical debates around rationalist and neo-Gramscian notions of hegemony and applied four types of China-promoted multilateral institutions to CELAC. We argue that China’s engagement with CELAC functioned as an “institutional offshore balancing” strategy, advancing a largely pragmatic and non-confrontational to avoid a Kindleberger Trap.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftIberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Vol/bind25
Udgave nummer88
Sider (fra-til)161-183
Antal sider23
ISSN1577-3388
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 27 mar. 2025

Emneord

  • Position
  • China
  • CELAC
  • Hegemony
  • Western Hemisphere

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