Us Power in Latin America: Renewing Hegemony by Rubrick Biegon

Author:Rubrick Biegon [Biegon, Rubrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, Caribbean & Latin American, Diplomacy, Political Science, World, American Government, General
ISBN: 9781317289241
Google: KUAlDwAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 35035618
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

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The use of military resources remained central to Washington’s foreign policy agenda after the Cold War. However, in the era of the NLL, US coercive power grew more contested. Both anti-neoliberal and reformist NLL governments demonstrated deep scepticism (if not open hostility) towards the United States’ continuing military presence in the region. This chapter investigates US efforts to redirect its coercive power in Latin America amidst intensifying opposition. After outlining the transition from Bush’s War on Terror to Obama’s ‘smart power’ approach, I analyse the shifting deployment of coercive resources through the US Southern Command (Southcom), the Pentagon’s unified command structure for Latin America. Specifically, I look at the reconstitution of a navy fleet for the region and changes to Southcom’s basing posture. Finally, I examine the US response to the 2009 military coup in Honduras, which deposed the ‘populist’ government of Mel Zelaya and consolidated the country’s position as a vital outpost of US military capacity in Central America.

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