Starting from the heavy historical legacy of relations between Argentina and the US, the main objective of this article is to analyse the development of these relations during the post-Kircher years 2016-2021. The analytical concepts used are neorealism, relative autonomy and intermestic policy, respectively „two level game“. At the operational level, the focus is on three areas: economic relations (trade and investment); security and defence policy y, thirdly, the impact of the new player on the Argentine chessboard, China, on bilateral relations. Finally, we analyse the development of bilateral relations during the first year of Joe Biden‘s presidency from the perspective of ‚active non-alignment‘, a new strategic proposal developed by a small group of foreign policy experts. Our analysis shows that relations between Argentina and the US, already from their asymmetric origins...

Based on the central importance of oil in the Venezuelan economy and politics, as well as the consequent dependence of the Andean country on the US its main oil buyer this paper takes stock of the bilateral relations between both countries, particularly during the years of the Donald Trump administration. Lacking an articulated strategy, the North American government applied a policy of sanctions that failed in its main objective: the fall of Chavismo and a regime change. The causes of failure are multiple and are due to both internal and external factors. In our analysis we will use the categories of social constructivism and two levels game, respectively.

Desde el triunfo de Fidel Castro en Cuba en 1959, las relaciones de Estados Unios con la isla caribeña fueron caracterizadas durante más de medio siglo por una alta hostilidad y conflictividad. Eso cambió durante el segundo mandato de Barak Obama con una serie de medidas que parecieron señalar el despegue de una nueva época de cooperación entre ambos países. Esa estrategia de descongelamiento de las relaciones bilaterales terminó, sin embargo, con lavictoria electoral de Donald Trump y su estrategia favorita América first, que instrumentalizó de manera extrema la política externa para fines de la política interna. Para satisfacer a sus adherentes, entre ellos los cubanoamericanos en el Estado de Florida, Trump revertió paso por paso una gran parte de la política de apertura de su antecesor con efectos económicos negativos tanto para los cubanos como, aunque menos, para emp...

Since Fidel Castro’s triumph in Cuba in 1959, relations between the United States and the Caribbean island have been characterized by a high level of hostility and conflict for more than half a century. That changed during Barak Obama’s second term with a series of measures that seemed to signal the beginning of a new era of cooperation between the two countries. This strategy of thawing bilateral relations ended, however, with the electoral victory of Donald Trump and his favourite strategy “America first”. In order to satisfy his supporters, among them the Cuban exiles in the state of Florida, Trump reversed step by step a large part of his predecessor’s policy of openness with negative economic effects both for Cubans and, although less so, for American companies and citizens, and substantially worsened the image of the United States and its government both in the region and...

Based on the central importance of oil in the Venezuelan economy and politics, as well as the consequent dependence of the Andean country on the US —its main oil buyer— this paper takes stock of the bilateral relations between both countries, particularly during the years of the Donald Trump administration. Lacking an articulated strategy, the North American government applied a policy of sanctions that failed in its main objective: the fall of Chavismo and a regime change. The causes of failure are multiple and are due to both internal and external factors. In our analysis we will use the categories of social constructivism and two levels game, respectively.