Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
10. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CURRENT DEBATES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, İstanbul, Türkiye, 3 - 05 Aralık 2019, cilt.10, sa.2019, ss.189, (Özet Bildiri)
Germany’s Foreign Policy Towards Latin America
Presentation Language: English
Nesrin Kenar (Sakarya University)
Mertcan Yoldaş (Sakarya University)
Corresponding Author’s Email: nesrin.kenar@gmail.com
Germany is the largest economy in Europe and one of the world's leading economies. Therefore, Germany's foreign policy trends, especially in the post-Cold War period, are being followed with interest both in Europe and in the world. Since Germany was included in NATO, and therefore under the US security umbrella during the Cold War, Germany followed the bloc policy in the Cold War period like other NATO countries. With the end of the Cold War, Germany, like other countries, started to act in a way that would maximize her foreign policy interests under new international conditions. In this process, Germany also developed relations with Latin American countries. In fact, Germany's interaction with the Latin American region began when the Germans massively immigrated to the Americas in the nineteenth century and some of them settled in the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies/newly independent states in Latin America. Germany's relations with Latin American countries continued in the commercial, economic and cultural relations dimension and were also influenced by the First and Second World War and Cold War conditions. In this study, Germany's foreign policy towards the Latin American region and the dynamics affecting its foreign policy will be examined and Germany's financial, commercial, cultural, economic, military and political role in the Latin American region will be explored.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS / ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER