Defense policy shaping foreign policy. An alternative interpretation through the study of the Argentine-Chilean Relations

 

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Autores: Magnani, Ezequiel, Barreto, Maximiliano Luis
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2022
Descripción:Which is the relationship between defense policy and foreign policy? How does defense policy influence foreign policy? The investigation is based on both questions. After a review of Argentinian literature analyzing the link between these policies, the article presents a new way of approaching the relationship between national defense and foreign policy based on the geopolitical concept of “axial point”. In this sense, the research suggests that, unlike traditional interpretations that place national defense as a secondary and complementary sphere to foreign policy, it is possible to argue that the former has a strong impact and influence on the latter. To empirically illustrate this new way of seeing the relationship between both policies, the article analyzes –using qualitative methodology linked to a single case study and based on the analysis of official documents and literature from that period– the bilateral relationship between Argentina and Chile, taking as central point of the analysis the Beagle Channel Conflict and considering the channel as an axial point. The paper concludes by showing how the case study illustrates the way in which defense policy impacts and influences foreign policy.   
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Palabra clave:Argentina
Chile
Geopolítica
política de defensa
política exterior
puntos axiales
Axial points
Defense policy
Foreign policy
Geopolitics