Challenges involved in the Formation of Diplomats in Latin America and the Caribbean

Based on an analysis of the globalization process, its characteristics, its effects on the economy and on politics, as well as the challenges it presupposes, Marrou Loayza reflects on and makes proposals for the education diplomats need in the post-Cold War era. According to the author, despite the growing importance of the new actors on the international scene, the State will not disappear, even though it faces new challenges, such as protecting the population from the negative effects of globalization. With the continuing presence of the State, the diplomat’s work will continue being to serve the national interest. To do this, he will have to take into account the changes on the international stage. Consequently, diplomatic academies have to include courses on the characteristics of a globalized economy in their study plans, but without losing sight of Political Science and International Relations studies, among other subjects that create the theoretical base for an understanding of the globalization process. In this respect, the author emphasizes the subject of Public International Law, because the new international stage suggests a review of various principles and rules that have traditionally formed the content of this division of law.