Latin American Regional Cooperative Security: Civil-Military Relations and Economic Interdependence

Abstract

Regional cooperative security in the Southern Cone has increased since 1980. This thesis examines the extent to which civil-military relations and economic interdependence can account for the emergence or security cooperation by reviewing the reductions in hostilities and increases in cooperation between the two largest Southern Cone countries, Argentina and Brazil, from 1980 to 2000. It examines bilateral security agreements and cooperation, as well as the history, foreign policy initiatives, civil-military relations, and economic interdependence of the case study nations, arguing that both civilian rule and economic interdependence were necessary for the emergence of cooperative security between Argentina and Brazil.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA407008

Entities

People

  • Chris J. Finocchio Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Investments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • South America
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.