Motivators of South-South Cooperation : A case of Brazil and Colombia

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This thesis aims to analyze the motivators and aspects of South-South Cooperation in Brazil and Colombia, which are major donors in Latin America, where South-South Cooperation is the most actively executed.
In common, Brazil and Colombia still have domestic development challenges, and their GDP(PPP) per capita is most similar in Latin America. However, there is a difference in that Brazil plays a prominent role as a South-South Cooperation provider, and Colombia has a significant proportion of beneficiaries among South-South Cooperation donors.
Therefore, this study focused on these differences and thoroughly examined the patterns and cases of South-South Cooperation used as foreign policy in Brazil and Colombia.
In Brazil and Colombia, South-South Cooperation cannot be interpreted as realist (or structural realist) factors because it is based on no conditionality, non-interference, and solidarity, and is far from pursuing material and relative interests. Therefore, this study used Wendt’s constructivist framework to analyze the differences in South-South Cooperation in each of the two countries.
Through the analysis, it is revealed that Brazil and Colombia accept international development norms in common, but because they form their own identities and interests differently, the states’ action -South-South Cooperation- is also different.
Also, it is derived that the aspect of South-South Cooperation can change if national identity and interest are defined differently depending on the change of regime in a country.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. Introduction 1
• 1. Background 1
• 2. Research Question 7
• II. Literature Review 8
• 1. South-South Cooperation 8
• 1) Historical Background 8
• 2) The Notion of South-South Cooperation 10
• 3) Modalities of South-South Cooperation 11
• 2. Theorical Perspective 13
• 1) Realism and Structural Realism (Neorealism) 14
• 2) Constructivism 18
• 3. Analytical Framework 21
• III. Methodology and Research Scope 24
• IV. Brazil in South-South Cooperation 26
• 1. International and South-South Cooperation in Brazil 26
• 1) A history and overview 26
• 2) Current state of South-South Cooperation in Brazil 29
• 2. Brazilian Foreign Policy 33
• 3. Brazil’s motivation for South-South Cooperation 37
• 4. Case of Brazil’s South-South Cooperation 40
• V. Colombia in South-South Cooperation 47
• 1. International and South-South Cooperation in Colombia 47
• 1) A history and overview 47
• 2) Current state of South-South Cooperation in Colombia 50
• 2. Colombian Foreign Policy 54
• 3. Colombia’s motivation for South-South Cooperation 58
• 4. Case of Colombia’s South-South Cooperation 61
• VI. Analysis 67
• 1. Brazilian Case 68
• 2. Colombian Case 72
• 3. Comparative analysis 75
• VII. Conclusion 82
• Bibliography 85