Power dynamics and regional security in Latin America

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

The panel studies the impact of power dynamics on regional security in Latin America. Global and regional power shifts have led to a reconfiguration of regional institutions and, more specifically, regional security cooperation. This, in turn, affects the definition, perception and management of regional security challenges. Some contributions to this panel focus on the repercussions of global and regional power shifts for the structure of regional institutions; others emphasize how power shifts shape the prevalent responses to security challenges; yet others concentrate on the use of regional institutions as an integral part of the management of security challenges.

Sub Track

• International Relations

Session Organizer

• Brigitte Weiffen, University of São Paulo

Chair

• Marcial G Suarez, Fluminense Federal University

Individual Presentations

• Security Governance in Latin America - Roberto Domínguez, Suffolk University

• Hybrid security governance mechanisms in South America: balance of power and security community - Rafael A Duarte Villa, Universidade de São Paulo

• Defense management in South America: Bureaucracy and Diplomacy - Rut C Diamint, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

• OAS and UNASUL: Past, Present and Future of Interstate Security Management in South America - Marcos V Silva, Escola de Guerra Naval (EGN)

• Is regionalism still an option for the creation and maintenance of security in Latin America? - Kai E Lehmann, Universidade de Sao Paulo

Discussant

• Detlef Nolte, GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies