Traditional and emerging dimensions of border security in the far north of Chile

This article investigates the assumptions by which the border security agenda in the extreme north of Chile is constructed and some of its foreseeable consequences. These assumptions focus on the validity of traditional threats and their overlap with elements of renewed security, classified as trans...

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Autores: Ovando, Cristian, Álvarez , Gonzalo, González Pizarro , Sergio, Iturra Valenzuela, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA
Repositorio:Estudios Fronterizos
Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:border security
geopolitics
securitization
far north of Chile
border
International relations
Boundaries
International organizations and associations
International security
Foreign relation
Diplomacy
International arbitration, International law
The State
Political geography
seguridad fronteriza
geopolítica
securitización
extremo norte de Chile
frontera
Relaciones internacionales
Fronteras
Organizaciones y asociaciones internacionales
Seguridad internacional
Relaciones exteriores
Diplomacia
Arbitraje internacional, Derecho internacional
Estado
Geografía política
Descripción
Sumario:This article investigates the assumptions by which the border security agenda in the extreme north of Chile is constructed and some of its foreseeable consequences. These assumptions focus on the validity of traditional threats and their overlap with elements of renewed security, classified as transnational threats. Based on multiple interviews and discussions with academics and decision makers, together with the analysis of border incidents between Chile and Bolivia, it is determined that interpretations that consider border relations as a security field prevail, although they begin to consider speeches referring to cooperatives cross-border dynamics in an incipient way,