Scope and limits of sub-state international cooperation. The experience of the bioceanic corridors

Abstract

The article aims to investigate the relations and international strategies undertaken by sub-state actors to promote their regions and ports through bioceanic corridors. Using a qualitative methodology, focused on primary sources and interviews with participants in this type of initiative in the northern region of Chile, we analyzed the strategies and interactions between these actors, with the central government and at the international level. As a result, the scope and limits of subnational international cooperation are identified. We conclude that over twenty years after the start of projects such as the bioceanic corridors, and despite a broad and prolonged deployment of international actions by those actors, they still have not materialized.