The Vital Spaces of the Argentine South: The South Atlantic and the Future of Antarctica

This article analyzes the strategic scenario of the South West Atlantic as an area of current and potential conflicts that the Argentine Republic must face. In the first place, we address the influence of the great powers over this maritime space. In the second place, the role that the Island of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Gioffreda, Camilo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista URVIO
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/4609
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4609
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antártida
Atlántico Sur
geopolítica
Islas Malvinas
República Argentina
Antarctica
Argentina Republic
Geopolitics
South Atlantic
Antártica; Atlântico Sul; Geopolítica; Ilhas Malvinas; República Argentina.
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Sumario:This article analyzes the strategic scenario of the South West Atlantic as an area of current and potential conflicts that the Argentine Republic must face. In the first place, we address the influence of the great powers over this maritime space. In the second place, the role that the Island of the States can exercise as a platform of projection to Malvinas and Antarctica. Finally, we discuss future-oriented facts that point to a clear scenario of competition for the white continent in the coming decades. We present an analysis of descriptive and explanatory type, with a qualitative approach, based on the revision of bibliographic sources, official documents and journalistic articles. We conclude that Argentine is very far to maintain full sovereignty and a truly effective national territory over the map that the country presents and defines as bicontinental.