Abstract Although Latin America plays a minimal role in debates on the 'liberal international
order', scholars recognise the region's influence on international law, norms, and institutions …

Under which conditions do regional organizations in the Americas impose sanctions on
member states that violate democracy? To address this question, the article combines a …

After World War II, the US-led international security order exhibited substantial regional
variation. Explaining this variation has been central to the debate over why is there no nato …

Recent studies on international law and liberalism have shown convincingly that both liberal
internationalism and international law have played a central role in the international politics …

Abstract The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man is often cited as
evidence of the longstanding centrality of human rights in Latin American approaches to …

Why would weak states accept rules which authorize strong states to take coercive action
against them? I argue that, in some cases, this is a way of creating constraints over the …

Latin American foreign-policy elites defend the principle of non-intervention to shield their
countries' autonomy. By 2005, however, most Latin American foreign policy elites accepted …

It is a common critique of the Global South that its rising protagonism is a tool for
authoritarian forces. The prominent role of authoritarian countries in coalitions such as …

This chapter provides a conceptual discussion of both autonomy, as a central concept in
Latin American theories about international politics, and agency, which lies at the heart of …

Drawing on contemporary debates on legitimacy and contestation in international relations,
the article offers a novel analytical framework to study processes of legitimation and …