UBC Hosts Heine for Launch of “Active Non-Alignment and Latin America“

On February 28, 2022, the University of Britsh Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs co-hosted a virtual book launch with the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies on Active Non-Alignment and Latin America: A Doctrine for the New Century, the latest book by Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

This event was the fifth launch of the new book and the first in North America, which follows previous launches in Santiago, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Lima. Panelists included Jeff Reeves, Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Paul Evans, Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs; and Grace Jaramillo, Sessional Instructor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Discussants addressed the topic from American and Canadian interests and potential reactions. In his remarks, Heine discussed the importance of the active non-alignment doctrine in Latin America and how such a foreign policy would affect global relations.

A recording of the event can be viewed below.

Ambassador Jorge Heine is a Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He has served as ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007) and to South Africa (1994-1999), and as a Cabinet Minister in the Chilean Government. Read more about Ambassador Heine on his faculty profile.