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Oct. 5, 2023

The Impact of the Turn to the Left on the Advance of the People’s Republic of China in Latin

By R.Evan Ellis US Army War College

R. Evan Ellis | 

This work uses the comparative method, complemented by quantitative data, to examine engagement by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Latin America as a function of government type, across a range of activities, including trade, investment, infrastructure projects, security relations, and technical architectures over the past two decades. The findings indicate that the PRC establishes distinct and often broader forms of engagement with populist, anti-US governments, although this does not necessarily translate into a higher volume of PRC investment or overall trade with those governments. This is the first major work in the growing China–Latin America literature to explicitly analyze the dynamics of PRC engagement across regime type. It contributes to strategic analysis of the PRC challenge in the region by the operational force, including the identification of risks, and the formulation of responses, including credible messaging, in support of a coordinated whole-of-government response to the PRC challenge.
 

Read now: The Impact of the Turn to the Left on the Advance of the People’s Republic of China in Latin America (ttps://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/3540672/the-impact-of-the-turn-to-the-left-on-the-advance-of-the-peoples-republic-of-ch/)

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