The Reformulation of Argentina’s Foreign Policy under the Government of Macri: the Difficult Balance between Global Changes and Domestic Crises (2015–2018)

Abstract

This paper analyzes Macri’s foreign policy, arguing that domestic factors led to the change of the international positioning that Argentina had got under C. Kirchner´s government. But global changes seem to impose pragmatism that contradicts the Macri’s idealism, while the crisis in the Argentine economy made it difficult to consolidate the new paradigm. The framework of analyzes is classical realism –incorporating the role of domestic factors in world politics (Gilpin 1981). The study begins with a theoretical approach; then world events are presented to denote a boom in protectionism in the 21st century. Finally, Macri’s foreign policy is analyzed, highlighting the restrictions imposed by the domestic economy.