Energy Security and Binational Cooperation: a Case Study of the Itaipu Dam

Thauan Santos, Luan Santos and Cassia Oliveira

Revista Integración y Comercio (Integration and Trade Journal), 2013, vol. 36, issue 17, 105-115

Abstract: This article aims not only to review the literature about South-South Cooperation (SSC) on energy matters, but also to understand it mainly from the perspective of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It argues that there are many benefits and barriers to the development of physical energy integration in the subcontinent, focusing on the case study of energy cooperation between Brazil and Paraguay, concerning the Itaipu Dam. Thus its main goal is to discuss the threat of cancelling such cooperation after Paraguay’s temporary suspension from MERCOSUR and UNASUR in the second half of 2012. We thereby intend to highlight the relevance of this binational project for both countries, which currently calls for urgent national policy interventions. It is also important to emphasize that, as this is a current diplomatic problem that can directly affect energy security in the region, this work is not only of academic importance, but is mainly a policy-based approach that requires further analysis.

Keywords: RELACIONES SUR - SUR; ENERGIA HIDROELECTRICA; INTEGRACION ENERGETICA; COOPERACION ENERGETICA; RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES EN GENERAL; POLITICA ENERGETICA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F5 Q4 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-07
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