Security in the Americas: A Move to Multilateralism in a Unilateral World

Abstract

A "wave of democracy" has swept through Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. In order to keep pace with the changing environment, multilateralism has replaced the historic unilateral stance with regard to U.S. policy in the region. Within this philosophical framework, the U.S. Southern Command's approach to peacetime engagement requires that all U.S. sponsored exercises and operations are multilateral in nature. This new approach to multilateral-only training and operations will improve military-to-military interaction throughout the Americas, and complement future political, social and economic relationships in the region. It will also help to offset the reduction of deployed U.S. forces, the closing of bases in Panama, and the decline of U.S. and theater-wide military budgets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2000
Accession Number
ADA382056

Entities

People

  • George B. Boudreau Iii

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Latin America
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Regional Security
  • Security
  • South America
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.