Economic historian and senior lecturer in Latin American Studies at the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies at Stockholm University. Researches geopolitics and development issues.
Geopolitics is applied today to almost everything, but its frequent use is fraught with limited approaches and prejudices that impoverish rather than enrich the analysis.
The updating of the concept of 'development' has, at this time, direct implications regarding the debate on what direction to give to Latin American societies.
The Nordic countries can play a key role in the rapprochement between Europe and Latin America since they do not have a direct "colonial burden" and the "Nordic model" is widely well-liked in Latin American society.
The fate of Ukraine is a warning for weak countries that walk alone in the world. Confronting the great powers together should be a security imperative for Latin American countries.
The great ideological adversaries of 'nationalism' are today in crisis, as is the idea of 'globalization. This opens the door to the return of national cultural perspectives, in some cases packaged within civilizational dimensions.
