New Argentine President Javier Milei may have railed against China but he’s taken a pragmatic track since. Still, the new government should look closely at China’s Argentine space station.
Argentina and Brazil’s different choices shed some light on the question of why some developing countries join the Chinese scheme while others stay away.
If elected, Argentinian presidential hopeful Javier Milei will find several practical challenges to upholding his promise of “not negotiating with communists.”
Despite the push toward decoupling, China-West collaboration persists in South America’s Lithium Triangle. But in the age of strategic competition, how long will this last?