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Chile was able to consolidate and organise its domestic institutional system very early on, which made it an exceptional case during the nineteenth century among the former Spanish colonies. This also allowed the country to pursue a foreign policy of power balance and territorial consolidation relatively free from intervention of the United States or Britain in its affairs. Chile’s geographical distance relegated it to a relatively restricted geopolitical value, but also allowed foreign policy to be active and fairly autonomous.1
Translated by Michael A. Morris.
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Fermandois, J. (1990). Chile and the Great Powers. In: Morris, M.A. (eds) Great Power Relations in Argentina, Chile and Antarctica. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10075-0_6
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