Abstract

LECHA, Eduard Soler i  and  AREXOLALEIBA, Marixe Ruiz de Austri. Proximity and competition. Vaccine diplomacy in the Atlantic space. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2022, n.esp2022, pp.30-50.  Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1645-9199.  https://doi.org/10.23906/ri2022.sia03.

Vaccines have suddenly been incorporated into the foreign policy toolbox of global and regional powers. This article analyses the strategies of producers and recipients of vaccines in the Atlantic space. It concludes that COVID-19 has reinforced previous trends regarding regional cooperation and global geopolitical competition. In that vein, the Atlantic space has been a laboratory for both cooperation and competition initiatives among vaccine producers and recipient countries. Although material interests have been a major driver in shaping preferences and strategies, this article suggests that symbolic and normative factors also contributed to the configuration of vaccine diplomacies of producers and recipients.

Keywords : geopolitics; vaccines; Atlantic space; COVID-19.

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