Bureaucratic Foreign Policy of Obama's Administration in Latin America

Document Type : مقالات

Authors

• Cyrus Faizee ¹
• hadi aalami fariman ²

¹ . Assistant Professor of Regional Studies, University of Tehran

² Ph.D. of Regional Studies, graduated from University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.22067/irlip.2021.21431.0

Abstract

The current study examines the Obama administration’s foreign policy in Latin America. The research investigates the factors, components, and criteria of the Obama administration's foreign policy in the region. The study hypothesizes that the Obama administration’s Latin America foreign policy falls within the liberal internationalist ideology. Obama’s engagement diplomacy had a profound and different impact on the region's political and economic structures. For example, a strategic shift in relations with Cuba after 70 years of conflict made the US a positive image. In the next step, the Obama administration accepted immigrants from Latin America based on selecting candidates and elites, mainly from the students. The decision-making process in the Obama administration comes first to his former theoretical attitudes and then back to the views of Democratic 

Keywords

• Change
• Democrats
• Foreign policy
• Latin America
• Obama