Lifting our sights: encouraging cooperation in an age of reduced certainty
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Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
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The aim of this paper is to understand what it might take to move to a more consistent and
durable connection with Latin American countries. The Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence
(The Latin American CAPE) has commissioned the research to:
• Document New Zealand-Latin America's various synergies in multilateral or regional
forums and plurilateral initiatives and the values, visions, ideas and approaches that
have produced their alliances.
• Discuss the benefits of these collaborations for governments, regional groupings, and
people before looking at the potential for:
− New collaborations on familiar and new issues that confront Asia Pacific
communities.
− Further leveraging the record of collaboration by New Zealand institutions when
presenting themselves to potential partners and customers in Latin America.
We cannot pinpoint exactly what those successful connections will be, but we can set out
what has been successful and the characteristics necessary to maximise chances of success.
New Zealand is interested in developing durable Latin American connections since it drives
further innovation and increases in wellbeing. To connect more successfully requires
framing the engagement with Latin American collaborators through the broader lens of
shared interest.
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Latin America, New Zealand, International relations