Abstract
In recent times, the study of international relations began to explore new areas of research and to invent innovative approaches. Scholars turned their attention to the role of “economic diplomacy” as an important mean of foreign policy in fostering economic development and expansion. The case of the franco-peruvian economic diplomacy allows analyzing different structures and strategies which were directed towards a bilateral rapprochement. This paper studies the actors, functions and the institutional framework of the foreign economic policy of France and Peru between 1945 and 1975. In a comparative perspective, it is thereby possible to identify, a part of structural similarities, two clearly contrasting strategies in their economic diplomacy. On the one hand, France invested in the extending and specializing of their diplomatic staff in order to implement an active economic diplomacy. On the other hand, due to political and financial reasons, Peru often remained in a more passive role in the search for foreign investments.
Highlights
In recent times, the study of international relations began to explore new areas of research and to invent innovative approaches
The study of international relations began to explore new areas of research and to invent innovative approaches. Scholars turned their attention to the role of “economic diplomacy” as an important mean of foreign policy in fostering economic development and expansion
The case of the franco-peruvian economic diplomacy allows analyzing different structures and strategies which were directed towards a bilateral rapprochement
Summary
R Recientemente el estudio de las relaciones internacionales invita a explorar campos cada vez más innovadores. Los investigadores son cada vez más atraídos por el rol importante que la «diplomacia económica» ha jugado para el desarrollo y la expansión económica de los Estados. El ejemplo de la diplomacia económica franco-peruana ha puesto en cuestión los elementos estratégicos que influyeron en su acercamiento bilateral. Fue posible identificar que la estructura de la diplomacia económica en ambas naciones estuvo sujeta a métodos similares pero a su vez contrastados. Francia apostó por la expansión y la especialización de su cuerpo diplomático con el fin de volver aún más activo el rol de su diplomacia económica. Debido a factores políticos y económicos, el rol de la diplomacia económica peruana fue más pasiva al estar en la búsqueda de nuevas inversiones extranjeras. Palabras clave: Relaciones internacionales, diplomacia económica, Francia, Perú, política económica exterior, relaciones franco-peruanas, 1945-1975
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