Abstract
At first glance, NATO and Argentina may not seem to have much in common. Argentina is a country far from Brussels, located at the southern tip of the Americas, which since 1865 has been at peace with its neighbors on the continent. Its security agenda is closely linked with the region and has little to do with rogue states, terrorist threats, or weapons of mass destruction. Rather, it has an agenda that shares more with the problems facing developing countries and thus is more related to territorial control, natural resources, democratic stability, drug trafficking, and organized crime. NATO, meanwhile, is a Northern security arrangement, which has transformed its identity from being a military alliance against the Communist threat to being a security community that promotes democracy and human rights, not only in NATO’s territory but also along its nearest neighborhood. Yet, Argentina and NATO have crossed paths more than once on a number of issues, from UN peace operations to humanitarian intervention, to military cooperation in the areas of planning or doctrine.
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Merke, F. (2011). Political and Military Utility of NATO for Argentina. In: Edström, H., Matlary, J.H., Petersson, M. (eds) NATO: The Power of Partnerships. New Security Challenges Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297500_9
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