Heine Interviewed on Active Non-Alignment for Latin America
Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for a Foreign Policy article on strategies for Latin America to navigate growing China-United State tensions and facilitate a speedy recovery from the region’s current economic crisis.
In the article, titled “Latin America Could Profit From U.S.-China Competition,” Heine promotes a strategy of active non-alignment for Latin America, which he thoroughly explores in his latest book El No Alineamiento Activo y América Latina: una doctrina para el nuevo siglo (Active Non-Alignment and Latin America: A Doctrine for the New Century). He argues that Latin America can benefit from relations with both the U.S. and China so long as the region avoids choosing a side in the great powers’ confrontations. As Heine states, Latin American countries “should look at their own interests and put them front and center, rather than being tempted by aligning themselves with one power or the other…This is not a zero-sum situation.”
The full article can be read on Foreign Policy‘s website.
Ambassador Jorge Heine is a Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He has served as ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007), and to South Africa (1994-1999), and as a Cabinet Minister in the Chilean Government. Read more about Ambassador Heine on his Pardee School faculty profile.