Foreign policy: continuity and change during Sebastián Piñera’s administration (2010-2014)

Authors

  • Sebastián Briones Universidad de Chile
  • Andrés Dockendorff Universidad Central de Chile

Abstract

This paper examines foreign policy during Sebastián Piñera's administration. The significance of a change in the ruling coalition after several decades is analyzed in three different parts. First, the paper surveys the relevant literature on presidential diplomacy in the continent, Latin America, and Chile. Then, it analyses the country's international insertion according to the concepts of integration and open regionalism. Thirdly, it describes foreign policy milestones of the Piñera administration examining his program, as well as commercial relations, regional and neighborhood policy and international security. Finally, it ponders the significance of that foreign policy in terms of the extent in which the country's position in the global arena was modified or preserved.

Keywords:

foreign policy, open regionalism, Pacific Alliance, commercial relations, international security

Author Biographies

Sebastián Briones, Universidad de Chile

Magister en Ciencia Política, Pontificia Universidad Católica; Doctor © en Ciencia Política, Pontificia Universidad Católica; profesor de la Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estratégicos

Andrés Dockendorff, Universidad Central de Chile

Magister en Ciencia Política, Universidad de Chile; Licenciado en Ciencia Política, Universidad Central; profesor asociado, Facultad de Ciencia Política y Administración Pública, Universidad Central; investigador, Centro de Estudios de Gobierno, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH)