In recent years, scholars have devoted increased attention to the agency of small states in
International Relations. However, the conventional wisdom remains that while not …

Small states are crucial actors in world politics. They attract outsized attention from great
powers, populate international organizations, and shape international norms. Despite that …

Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective on US-Latin America
relations. Drawing on research in six countries, the book examines how Latin American …

In the context of the revitalized scholarly interest in small and middle powers, we employ a
relational network approach to study the role of non-major powers as bridges and hubs …

After emerging from the Cold War as the uncontested, unipolar power, 3 the United States
now sees itself beset by challengers. Its own power has been undermined by political …

It is frequently stated, though incorrectly, that the United States has been hegemonic in the
Western Hemisphere since the enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. These …

The seven states of Central America often portray themselves as a bridge: between North
and South America and between the Atlantic and Pacific, which the Central American …

The two hundredth anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine provides an opportunity to make a
somewhat contrarian point: US-Latin American relations are not as unidirectional as …

Panama is a country whose geopolitical importance outweighs its size because of the
volume of trade that passes the Central American isthmus through the canal. For nearly a …

In recent years, analysts have argued that the United States' influence in Latin America is
waning; others add that Washington is being replaced by actors from the region and beyond …