Between change and historical inertia: the current context of military intelligence in South America

This article studies some historical and current aspects that determine the conception of military intelligence in South America. To do that, it's consider the influence of the classic doctrinal elements of military thought, the existence of an eventual change of paradigm in the understanding o...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Cabrera Toledo, Lester Martin
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:Ecuador
Institution:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repository:Revista URVIO
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/3082
Online Access:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3082
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Inteligencia militar
paradigma
América del Sur
doctrina
Military intelligence
paradigm
South America
doctrine
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Summary:This article studies some historical and current aspects that determine the conception of military intelligence in South America. To do that, it's consider the influence of the classic doctrinal elements of military thought, the existence of an eventual change of paradigm in the understanding of the conflictive processes and in the own dimensions of the intelligence, and the incorporation of other elements that would result in the adoption of other analytical parameters for the aforementioned subject. This conduces to the approach of some challenges that the region maintains in military intelligence tasks, always considering a division between the maintenance of a classic conception of the conflict and the adoption of new tendencies in the field of war. It is concluded that despite the effort to maintain the classic notions of war applied to military intelligence, the countries of the region must incorporate other thought schemes, which are associated with a more complex understanding of the conflicting phenomena that affect both the State as to societies, not as a subsidiary function but as a complement to the one they traditionally execute.