Lessons from Regional Responses to Security, Health and Environmental Challenges in Latin America

What is the role of regional organizations in maintaining security across different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? How did COVID-19 impact states in the region and what types of collective action have helped respond to public health emergencies? In what way is LAC environmental policy formulated and what broader lessons can be drawn for the Global South? This edited volume addresses these questions, revealing the reasons behind the successes and failures of LAC regional responses to collective challenges as well as their limitations and potential for future improvement. It contains 11 chapters, authored by 16 authoritative academics who employ methodologically-diverse perspectives. Each chapter provides insights that would be of interest to scholars, students and policy-makers working on the regional governance of LAC and the Global South. The contributions are thematically organised in three parts and produced with pragmatic considerations in mind, discussing existing and potential real solutions to pressing issues.  

List of tables
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Ivo Ganchev
Founder of the Centre for Regional Integration, UK
Notes on contributors
Introduction
Ivo Ganchev
Founder of the Centre for Regional Integration, UK

PART I: REGIONAL RESPONSES TO COLLECTIVE SECURITY CHALLENGES
Chapter 1
Responses of Latin American organizations to coup attempts: Power play between political ideologies in post-hegemonic regionalism
Ivo Ganchev
Founder of the Centre for Regional Integration, UK
Chapter 2
The impact of deglobalization on the security agenda of contemporary Latin American regionalism
Kseniya Konovalova
Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
Victor Jeifets
Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
Chapter 3
Security governance in the Andean borderlands: Hybrid formations and the rising armed violence
Rafael A. Duarte Villa
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Camila de Macedo Braga
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Rafael Enrique Piñeros Ayala
Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colombia
Chapter 4
Lessons from forced partnerships: The Alliance for the Prosperity of the Northern Triangle (2015–2020)
Miguel Gomis
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

PART II:
REGIONAL RESPONSES TO COLLECTIVE HEALTH CHALLENGES
Chapter 5
Institutional factors influencing the success of Latin American organizations confronting epidemics
Octavio González Segovia
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Alfonso Sánchez Mugica
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Chapter 6
The impact of COVID-19 on the national power of Latin American countries
Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Chapter 7
Regional integration and presidential elections in Latin America in the context of COVID-19
Ignacio Medina Núñez
El Colegio de Jalisco, México
Chapter 8
Interactions of Brazil, Peru, PAHO and ACTO in overcoming the effects of COVID-19
Alla Yurievna Borzova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russia

PART III:
REGIONAL RESPONSES TO COLLECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
Chapter 9
MERCOSUR’s environmental policy: Institutional evolution and limitations
Tatiana de Souza Leite Garcia
University of São Paulo and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Brazil
Chapter 10
Regional environmental efforts in Mesoamerica: Achievements and modes of cooperation
Alina Gamboa Combs
Universidad Anáhuac México, México
Dircea Arroyo Buganza
Universidad Anáhuac México, México
Chapter 11
Lessons from the Escazú Agreement for environmental and human rights protection in Africa
Fernand Guevara Mekongo Mballa
Centre for Regional Integration, Cameroon

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Dr. Ivo Ganchev is the Founding Director of the Centre for Regional Integration. He has previously taught at several universities, including Queen Mary University of London and Beijing Foreign Studies University. His publications have examined various political shifts in the Global South, such as the rise of the Pink Tide in Latin America. They have appeared in influential academic journals, including 'World Affairs', 'Strategic Analysis' and 'International Studies'. Ivo holds Worldwide Recognised Tutor Status from the University of London as well as a PhD from Peking University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Newcastle University. Outside of academia, Ivo has served as a Global Partner and a Fortune 500 consultant at a boutique advisory firm and as a guitarist and vocalist in several rock bands. He speaks English, Bulgarian, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.