The South American Defense Council (SADC) aimed to coordinate regional defense policies and build confidence among its members. It diffused practices among its members, such as a standard methodology to report defense expenditures. However, we still …
In this opinion article, I share some insights on why the crisis regarding the Essequibo region, opposing Venezuela and Guyana, may not lead to a war in South America.
In this chapter, I intend to answer how the South American Defense Council acted towards engaging in policy diffusion processes by applying a policy diffusion framework. I claim that the Council tried to act as a facilitator of these processes most …
The Latin American (LA) security environment comprises several factors, from borders and territorial claims to natural disasters, from transnational crimes to ideological divergences among heads of state. Latin American countries have been addressing …
In the light of renewed great power competition and a surge in the use of veto power in the United Nations Security Council, this article analyses how the United Nations General Assembly can act as a substitute for the treatment of intrastate …
This talk is about the related article, aiming to discuss the possible mechanisms through which the South American Defense Council could engage in policy diffusion processes.
How did the South American Defense Council (SADC) act? Although SADC ceased its actions in the past years, it is still essential to learn lessons from its performance in order to improve our understanding of the regional security dynamics and, eventually, to be applied in future initiatives.
This article argues that the political orientation of the government in office in a country may affect its positioning regarding the United Nations Peace Operations. In order to demonstrate that, in this study I compare what is said by officials of …
O artigo pretende apresentar evidências sobre a consolidação das identidades e interações relacionadas à segurança entre os atores sul-americanos na forma de instituições regionais. Recorremos à análise das dinâmicas regionais em períodos diferentes, …