América do Sul: uma comunidade de segurança a médio prazo?

Abstract

The present dissertation rests on the assumption that, despite the existence of two South Americ an security subcomplexes and their differences, the actions of Brazilian foreign policy together with those of regional organizations may mitigate or prevent the occurrence of armed conflicts in the region and, even consolidate such subcomplexes, transforming the subcontinent into a security community. The methodological approach of the proposed research stems its theoretical reference from the security concept formulated by Barry Buzan, Ole Wæver an d Jaap de Wilde and, by an analytical approach, subsidized by bibliographic research of Brazilian official documents, and other s from South American States and Regional Organizations. This paper is justified by two main reasons. First, it involves the relations among states in a region in which Brazil is geographically, economically and politically inserted. Furthermore, because conflicts , armed or not, will directly affect the defence policy and the other interests of Brazil, since they will occur within its strategic environment.