Armed Force and Society in Latin America: Living Behind the Totalitarian-like Experience Cover Image

Armată și societate în America Latină: depășirea experienței de tip totalitar
Armed Force and Society in Latin America: Living Behind the Totalitarian-like Experience

Author(s): Simona Țuțuianu
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics
Published by: Editura Militară
Keywords: Armed Force; Society; geopolitics; Military;

Summary/Abstract: The national security strategies of Argentina, Brazil and Chile are documents released by observing a geopolitical and realistic vision on the security environment and international relations system. An analysis developed by political and military decision factors identifies the main characteristics of the international security environment, with a particular interest in the regional South American one. The security threats and risks are common with those of different geopolitical regions of the world. Same approach could be made with regards to the national interests, vulnerabilities, and strategies of action or available resources. Specific features arise from the totalitarian experience, as well as from its heritage reflected on the social life of the three states. The documents are extremely large in two cases, namely Argentina and Chile. The national defense policy of Brazil is similar to the European security strategies or the North American ones and focused on specific action lines and objectives with a preference to regulate other aspects by law. Again, the difference concerns the intensity and dimensions of the heritage of military totalitarian experience, as well as the role and status of armed forces in the nowadays-social life of the mentioned states.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 43-49
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian