Georgetown Americas Institute

With growing geopolitical tensions, shifting alliances, technological disruptions, and rising protectionism, understanding the emerging geoeconomic order is critical for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Georgetown Americas Institute (GAI) is proud to launch GEO-LAC: Latin America in the New Geoeconomic Order, a new dialogue series that explores the complex and evolving landscape of global trade, investment, supply chains, and economic alliances—placing Latin America at the center of the conversation.

Hosted by the institute’s Latin America in the Global Economy program and hosted by Nicolás Albertoni and Antoni Estevadeordal, this series will bring together high-level policymakers, scholars, and practitioners for in-depth conversations about the challenges and opportunities shaping the global trade and investment landscape today. At a time when the international system is under stress, and calls for economic sovereignty are reshaping traditional alliances, these talks aim to offer clarity, insight, and informed debate on the paths forward.

The GEO-LAC series will address relevant themes for the region, including: 

• The reorganization of global supply chains
• Relations with strategic partners in North America, Europe, Asia, and other emerging economies
• Opportunities and risks from the new emerging technologies 
• The region’s role in a shifting structure of global alliances
• The future of trade agreements and open markets during growing protectionism 
• Geoeconomics and security: trade and investment as tools of power