The positive peace in the Southern Cone: origins and heyday of regional security cooperation (1991—2008)

The basis of the positive zone of peace in the Southern Cone lies both on the expectation of the non-existence of interstate violence, and the construction of a loose regional institutionalization based on a democratic identity, the development of economic integration and regional security cooperation that projects stability beyond the Southern Cone. Despite economic tensions, political differences and international agendas with different orientations, the peaceful regional environment of the southern tip of the American continent and security and defense cooperation flourished during the first two decades of the post-Cold War era. This article presents the trajectory from the end of the Cold War to the establishment of UNASUR of regional security cooperation in the Southern Cone focusing on two dyads, the bilateral relations of the Argentine Republic with both the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Chile.

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Основой существования зоны мира в Южном конусе является как отсутствие межгосударственного насилия, так и построение свободной региональной институционализации, основанной на демократической идентичности, развитии экономической интеграции и регионального сотрудничества в области безопасности, которое направлено на достижение стабильности и за пределами Южного конуса. Несмотря на экономическую напряженность, политические разногласия и различную ориентацию международных повесток дня, на южной оконечности американского континента в течение первых двух десятилетий эпохи после окончания холодной войны наблюдалось активное взаимодействие стран в области безопасности и обороны, региональная обстановка была мирной. В настоящей статье представлена траектория развития тенденций в сфере регионального сотрудничества в вопросах безопасности в Южном конусе от окончания "холодной войны" до создания УНАСУР; при этом акцент делается на два момента: двусторонние отношения Аргентинской Республики с Федеративной Республикой Бразилия и с Республикой Чили.

Keywords

zone of peace, Southern Cone, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, regional stability

Keywords list (other)

зона мира, Южный конус, Аргентина, Бразилия, Чили, региональная стабильность

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27.06.2023

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28.06.2023

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GOST	Levadgi A. The positive peace in the Southern Cone: origins and heyday of regional security cooperation (1991—2008) // Latin America – 2023. – Issue 6 C. 59-72 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://latamerica-journal.ru/S0044748X0025612-2-1 (circulation date: 03.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0025612-2
MLA	Levadgi, Ariel Gonzalez "The positive peace in the Southern Cone: origins and heyday of regional security cooperation (1991—2008)." Latin America 6 (2023):59-72. DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0025612-2
APA	Levadgi A. (2023). The positive peace in the Southern Cone: origins and heyday of regional security cooperation (1991—2008). Latin America (6), pp.59-72 DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0025612-2

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32. Ph.D. in International Relations and Political Science from Koç University (Turkey). Pro-Titular Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina.