The External and Internal Determinants Of Argentinian Foreign Politics. A Framework of the Interdependent Factors that Structure the Country in the International Stage

Abstract

This article will carry out a survey of the state of the art on theorizations about the internal and external conditioning factors of Argentine foreign policy. Many of these proposals were based on approaches based on Neorealism. In our opinion, this paradigm moves away from the understanding of the socio-historical processes of international politics and accepts the structural asymmetries in international relations as something given and naturalized. These postulates will be questioned based on critical approaches, especially Robert Cox’s studies. To this end, we propose the concept of hegemonicinterdependence, which recognizes the existence of an interrelation between the States in the international system but with the supremacy of the dominant powers. This generates both internal and external conditioning factors for countries like Argentina that we will divide into different interconnected dimensions: the socio-political dimension, the coalitional dimension, the economic dimension, and the ideological-emotional dimension. From this point of view, an attempt will be made to analyze how these dimensions structurally affect the design of the international insertion pattern aimed at inclusive development through foreign policy, conceived as a public policy. Finally, conclusions will be reached and a research agenda will be proposed to expand, disaggregate and apply this theoretical proposal to the design of an international insertion strategy as an expression of a comprehensive development model.