Heine on Latin America at the Crossroads of US–China Competition
In a discussion for The China-Global South Podcast, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean ambassador to China, framed the current moment as an unexpectedly intense phase of US engagement in Latin America, driven by the Trump administration’s strategic shift. He noted that while Trump historically showed little…
Heine Assesses China–Latin America Relations Amid Global Fragmentation
In a recent international affairs panel discussion for CGTN America’s The Heat, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean ambassador to China, offered insight into China–Latin America relations amid growing global instability and heightened U.S. pressure in the Western Hemisphere. Heine underscored that China’s ties with South…
Heine Analyzes U.S. Sanctions and South America’s Digital Fault Line
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, recently co-authored a piece for Tech Policy Press titled Untethering South America from US Cables After Rubio Pressures Chile in Trans-Pacific. Heine and his co-author, Juan Ortiz Freuler, argue that the United States’ decision to impose visa sanctions on three Chilean officials…
Heine Discusses U.S. Visa Sanctions Over Chile–China Undersea Cable Proposal
In a recent interview for the Latin America Advisor, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and Chilean ambassador to China, analyzed the U.S. decision to impose visa restrictions on three senior Chilean officials involved in considering a new undersea telecommunications cable linking Chile directly to Asia. Heine explained that…
A New Review of Heine’s ‘The Non-Aligned World’ (2025)
A book review by Aprajita Kashyap of The Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, analyzes The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition (2025), the most recent book by Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies. The book offers a timely exploration of how countries in the Global…
Heine Outlines Why Active Non‑Alignment Is Gaining Ground in Today’s Global Order
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean ambassador to China and Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, discussed his publication, The Non-Aligned World (2025), and the growing relevance of “active non‑alignment” in today’s era of U.S.–China competition on the Connecting East and West podcast. During the conversation, Heine explained the central argument he and…
Heine Warns U.S. Cannot “Wish Away” China’s Embedded Presence in Latin America
In a new interview for Rearview by the ABC Radio National, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, offered historical and geopolitical context on China’s expanding presence in Latin America amid renewed U.S. efforts to reassert influence in the Western Hemisphere. Heine underscored that China’s engagement with Latin America…
Heine on U.S. Pressure and Chile’s Digital Ambitions
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, wrote a new article titled, Chile, meet Donroe: Rubio yanks visas over proposed China deal, published by Responsible Statecraft on February 26, 2026. The article responds to a recent diplomatic clash between the United States and Chile erupted after the U.S. State…
Heine on Active Non‑Alignment in a Fractured World
In a new article for The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs titled Which Way the World Order? A Rising South, a Fractured West, and the Path Ahead, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, examines the rapid transformation of the international order and the growing influence of the Global…
Heine on Latin America’s Response to Shifting U.S. Policy
In a recent interview on global reactions to U.S. foreign policy for The Heat, in part of CGTN America, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat to China and professor at the Pardee School, offered a stark assessment of Washington’s renewed invocation of the Monroe Doctrine. Heine argued that attempts to revive an 1823 framework for…
Heine Quoted in Article on the US-China Power Struggle in Latin America
In a CNN article titled China has spent decades making inroads in Latin America. Will the ‘Donroe doctrine’ push it out? by Simone McCarthy, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat to China and professor at the Pardee School, was quoted on his thoughts on the reverberations of the United States’ intervention of Venezuela and the…
Heine on the Stability of Latin America’s Relationship to China for CNN
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat to China and professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, was interviewed by CNN for a segment titled, How Trump’s Venezuela strike complicates China’s Latin America strategy that was published on January 23, 2026. Heine was asked to contextualize and comment on Latin America’s relationship to it’s largest…
Heine on How Trump’s Latin America Strategy Opens New Doors for China
In a recent Weekend Essay for Bloomberg titled Trump’s Hard Line in Latin America Leaves China Room to Maneuver, published on January 16, 2026, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat and professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, argues that the Trump administration’s hard-line approach toward Latin America is reshaping the region’s geopolitical landscape—while…
Heine Talks What’s Next for Venezuela Under Rodríguez’s Leadership
Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat and professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies, offered a cautious assessment of Venezuela’s uncertain political moment in a recent interview for CNN International. Commenting ahead of an address by acting president Delcy Rodríguez, Heine predicted she would emphasize continuity and stability, pointing to modest economic recovery, rising…
Heine Warns of a Dangerous Break with the Rules-Based Order on CBC
On January 6, 2026, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat and professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies spoke to Matt Galloway of CBC/Radio-Canada for the show The Current. In this discussion, Heine offered a stark assessment of the international order in the wake of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela. He argued that the…
Heine Talks Active Non-Alignment on The Fletcher Forum Podcast
In December 2025, Ambassador Jorge Heine, former Chilean diplomat and professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies was interviewed by the Fletcher Forum Podcast to discuss his piece titled, Which Way The World Order? A Rising South, A Fractured West, And The Path Ahead. The article sheds light on Heine’s research on “Active Non-Alignment”; which…
Heine Quoted on Venezuela’s Precedent and Reshaping Global Politics
In a POLITICO article titled After Venezuela operation, Trump says the whole hemisphere is in play, Jorge Heine, former Chilean ambassador and professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, was cited. The authors, Eli Stokols and Daniella Cheslow, covered how the Trump administration’s seizure of Venezuela’s president and its declaration that “the whole hemisphere…
Heine on Chile’s Political Turn: A Historic Rightward Shift and Its Economic Stakes
In a featured Q&A titled What Will a New Right-Wing Gov’t Mean for Chile? in part of the Latin America Advisor, Jorge Heine, former Chilean cabinet minister and professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, characterizes José Antonio Kast’s decisive presidential victory as a historic turning point in Chilean politics. Kast won more…
Heine on the “Unpredictable” Future the U.S. Intervention of Venezuela Holds
In his analysis titled ‘Running Venezuela’? Hegemony is one thing, dominance is another published by Responsible Statecraft on Jan. 6, 2026, Ambassador Jorge Heine argues that the United States’ bombing of Caracas, the port of La Guaira, and surrounding regions—along with the forcible removal of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife—marks a historic escalation in U.S.–Latin…
Heine on U.S.’s Venezuelan Intervention and Where to go from here
Jorge Heine was interviewed by CGTN Europe to unpack the recent United States military action on Venezuela, the removal of President Maduro, and respond to President Trump’s proclamation that the US will run Venezuela. Heine shared his skepticism for a straight-forward exchange of power. While the US was successful in removing President Maduro as the…