JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

(Bimonthly)

Vol. 37  No.3  Jun. 2015

Economic Development and the Industrial Upgrading in Latin America

Su Zhenxing   3

Soft Balancing Theory and Informal Intergovernmental Organizations: A Case Study Based on IBSA

Jiang Tianjiao   11

Brazilian-Russian Relations under the BRICS Framework

Yang Ling   20

Mexico's Economic and Demographic Transition in the U.S.-Mexican Border Area

Yang Lingxia    27

Mexico's Economic Miracle and the Role of the United States

Wang Wenxian    34

U.S.-Mexican Anti-Drug Cooperation: Achievements and Lessons

Yang Yang, Li Mengjingyang    42

The Cold War and the U.S. Wedge Strategy in Latin America

Ling Shengli    48

Chile's Christian Democratic Party and the Third Way

Zhang Kun, Guo Changgang     54

Trade Cost Elasticity of China and Brazil: A Comparative Analysis Based on Trans一log Gravity Model

Zhou Dan  61

Translation

Politica Externa Brasileira: Os Desafios de sua Caracterizacao como Politica Pública

Carlos R.S. Milani, Leticia Pinheiro  67

Academic Activity

Seminar on "Public Security and State Governance: Challenges Facing China and Latin America"…

Yang Zhimin 73