Colombia

Learning the Foreign Policy Process

Bibliographic Data

ID4547658
AuthorsGerhard Drekonja-Kornat (corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume25
Issue2
Pages229-250
Publication date1983-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165519
OpenAlexW2782791730
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

Colombian policy makers dedicate little time and effort to international relations.M. Urrutia (1980)In view of Latin America's growing bargaining power within the international system, the Chilean Heraldo Muñoz (1981) has assessed the power potential of several Latin American states, basing his calculations on abstract statistics. According to this categorization, Colombia has a power potential comparable to that of Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela. Colombians would probably be very surprised at such an analysis. As they see it, their country does not figure in international politics. Hence, the idea of a nation with a foreign nonpolicy (Drekonja-Kornat, 1982b) seems justified.However, countries must adapt to new situations, and growing tensions in the Caribbean Basin are forcing Colombia to examine the apparent contradiction between its potential and its real capacity. This is particularly important when one considers that Colombia's low profile in foreign policy is not a product of abstentionist or neutral doctrines (as in the case of Canada, Switzerland, or Austria) but is the result of historical developments occurring after the secession of Panama

Contradiction · Development economics · Disarmament · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Geography · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Product (mathematics) · Secession · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · History and Politics in Latin America · International Relations in Latin America · Law

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