Resumen

COLACRAI, Miryam  y  LORENZINI, María Elena. Chilean Foreign Policy: Exceptionality or Continuity? A review of " profound forces" and tendencies. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2005, vol.1, n.2, pp.45-63. ISSN 1870-3569.

The purpose of this article is to explore how identity and profound forces shape the foreign policy of states. The author discusses how traditional Chilean foreign policy actions reveal its identity while also taking into account new external policy trends that seemingly operate within the construction of a new identity. With respect to profound forces, the article examines the following: institutional stability and democratic processes (Pinochet's dictatorship is an exception here), presidentialism, territorial factors and regional balance, and the civic-pragmatic style of its diplomacy.

Palabras llave : Chile; foreign policy; "profound forces"; territorial factor; perceptions and identity.