South American policy: a sign for Argentine international repositioning

this paper summarises some comments and preliminary conclusions of a research project on the argentine role in south american policy. the starting point is the importance the south american space has gained within the international context, in spite of the fact that it is excluded from the world agenda. one of the fundamental problems of the evolution within this context since the 80s has been the frustration due to the lack of institutionalisation of the different integrationist schemes. in spite of rivalries, differences and mutual distrust, south american countries have organised a co-operation matrix, tightly-knit and significant. this proves that beyond interstate structures and their crises, the idea of south american integration is always in vogue. in this sense, a response based on the preservation of this idea can be given by argentina by encouraging initiatives and strategies tending to improve co-operation through consensus in intraregional interdependence matters. this would contribute to reducing the influence of foreign factors as well as setting limits to possible hegemonic roles deriving from regional leaderships. in this way, argentine participation in south american policy can be an effective possible path way towards international repositioning.