Chinese assessments of the decline of US hegemony in Latin America

The article summarizes Chinese views on the decline of US hegemony in Latin America. The author examined mainly recent sources in Chinese from 2021 to 2023, which can be subdivided into authoritative reports, opinions of academic researchers and public media articles. It is concluded that Chinese experts are unanimous in their opinion that Washington’s strategic presence in the region will inevitably decline. The leadership of China will likely build its policy in Latin America based on this perception. At the same time, most observers from China also agree that American influence in the region is still enormous due to the traditional dependence of Latin American countries on the United States. At the end of the article, some assessments are given that were made at the Round Table “Repositioning China in Latin America in the Conditions of Turbulent International Relations”, organized by the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences in April 2023.

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China, Latin America, US, China-US Competition

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10.06.2023

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05.12.2023

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17688

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GOST	Skosyrev V. Chinese assessments of the decline of US hegemony in Latin America // Latin America – 2023. – Issue 12 C. 63-73 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://latamerica-journal.ru/S0044748X0028575-1-1 (circulation date: 21.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0028575-1
MLA	Skosyrev, Vladimir "Chinese assessments of the decline of US hegemony in Latin America." Latin America 12 (2023):63-73. DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0028575-1
APA	Skosyrev V. (2023). Chinese assessments of the decline of US hegemony in Latin America. Latin America (12), pp.63-73 DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0028575-1

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