GEOPOLITICAL CLUES AROUND THE CONFLICT OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC

The escalation of the conflict in the South Atlantic has redefined its nature. Three geopolitical clues help to comprehensively understand what is happening at present in that part of the planet: the fight for natural resources (especially oil and secondly, ichthyologic wealth) Antarctic projection...

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Published in:Revista Política y Estrategia
Main Author: WITKER BARRA, IVÁN
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estratégicos 2017
Subjects:
International defense
geopolitics
Falklands
Malvinas
Seguridad internacional
geopolítica
Falkland
Antarctic
Argentina
Larga
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.politicayestrategia.cl/index.php/rpye/article/view/112
https://doi.org/10.26797/rpye.v0i119.112
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Summary:The escalation of the conflict in the South Atlantic has redefined its nature. Three geopolitical clues help to comprehensively understand what is happening at present in that part of the planet: the fight for natural resources (especially oil and secondly, ichthyologic wealth) Antarctic projection and effective land, air and maritime control over the islands. The escalation of the conflict offers an extraordinary peculiarity: the confrontation of the two orbis pictus entirely differentiated. On the one hand, the exercise of power as it has been historically understood, with political, diplomatic and military capabilities on the British side, and on the other, the Argentinean option for a pacifist foreign and defense policy. The long absence of investment in the Defense sector points at the question of whether this is a need or a conviction. La escalada del conflicto en Atlántico sur ha redefinido la naturaleza del mismo. Tres claves geopolíticas ayudan a comprender de forma integral lo que hoy ocurre en esa zona del planeta: lucha por recursos naturales (especialmente petróleo y riqueza ictiológica en menor medida), proyección antártica y control efectivo de los espacios territorial, aéreo y marítimo de las islas. La escalada del conflicto ofrece una extraordinaria singularidad, el enfrentamiento de dos orbis pictus enteramente diferenciados. Por un lado, el ejercicio del poder según se ha entendido históricamente, con capacidades políticas, diplomáticas y militares por el lado británico, y la opción argentina por una política exterior y de defensa de carácter pacifista. La larga falta de inversión en el sector Defensa invitan a preguntarse si tal opción es por necesidad o por convicción.

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