1. Argentina e Chile: Mudança de Paradigma?
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Fuentes, Claudio and Álvarez, Gonzalo
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CONFIDENCE & security building measures (International relations) , *THREATS , *COOPERATION , *INTERNATIONAL cooperation on international cooperation , *GOVERNMENT policy , *INTERNATIONAL relations ,LATIN American economic integration - Abstract
Despite the increasing levels of cooperation within Latin American countries, this article suggests that domestic political and institutional variables affect the options for greater integration within countries. Traditional ways of understanding security among policymakers explain the lack of reforms in this sector. The article provides the example of Argentina and Chile, the most advanced countries within South America in terms of cooperation in the field of security. The authors try to demonstrate that several institutional inertias within each country have preempted these two countries from advancing a paradigmatic shift in their security approaches toward each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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