The Colombian Foreign Policy historically has different drivers that include in their conception, formulation, and implementation: Panama’s loss, adherence to the international law, the internal political violence, a weak foreign service, the geographic ubication, and the powerful biodiversity.
Panama’s loss was the beginning of a low profile in the international scenario. That fact signs a route of weak actions during the 20th century, despite the support of international law, multilateralism, and democracy. Likewise, it is the starting point of a very complex relationship with the United States, a kind of allied during the fight against communism and the war on drugs.
As we can see in the above map, the country has a superb geostrategic position. Has access to the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans, three mountain systems of the Andes and between those fertile valleys. Likewise, in the south, it has a portion of the Amazonas and a lot of rivers, animals and natural species. All this places it in the world’s second place of countries with greater biodiversity.
Colombian borders map
The history: A short overview of the Colombian Foreign Policy history (in Spanish) [Link]
Colombia: A Divided Country in Search of Peace. “Conflict has been a constant for Colombia throughout the country’s history…” (in English) [Link]
Cooperation with USA: The US Cooperation Toward Colombia and Israel (in Spanish) [Link]
The Strategic Dilemmas of the Peace: Hybrid Diplomacy and international repositioning [Link]
FPA and the Peace Process: The Juan Manuel Santos’ period (2010-2018) (in Spanish) [Link]
Postconflict Period: Iván Duque’s Colombian Foreign Policy assessment (2018-2020) (in Portuguese) [Link]
The Duque’s Doctrine and the Dialogue with Trump (2021) (in Spanish) [Link] [Download]
Petro’s Foreign Folicy in the face of the Crisis in Gaza (2024) (in Spanish) [Link] [Download]
Colombian Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in Electoral Campaigns [Duque 2018 / Petro 2022] (in English) [Link] [Download]
Fabio Sánchez 