Global Age. Journal of Political Studies and International Thought

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Global Age: Journal of Political Studies and International Thought
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Latin America, Caught Between Strategic Rebalancing and Hegemonic Transition

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  • Andres Malamud,
  • Luis L. Schenoni
Andres Malamud Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
Luis L. Schenoni
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Published 15-06-2026

Keywords

  • Geopolitics,
  • Hegemonic transition,
  • Latin America,
  • Western Hemisphere

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Latin America, Caught Between Strategic Rebalancing and Hegemonic Transition. (2026). Global Age. Journal of Political Studies and International Thought, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.69117/GA.01.2026.04

Abstract

The current international landscape lends itself to two competing interpretations. One understands it as a process of strategic rebalancing: a temporary hardening of U.S. leadership aimed at managing the decoupling from China in a bipolar world. The other conceives it as a hegemonic transition, in which U.S. primacy is being structurally eroded by China’s rise. Distinguishing between these dynamics is not merely a theoretical exercise: Latin America’s room for maneuver within the emerging equilibrium will depend upon it.

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