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Will Soldiers Follow? Economic Integration and Regional Security in the Southern Cone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Pion-Berlin
David Pion-Berlin*
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University of California, Riverside
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Abstract

MERCOSUR’s success as an economic bloc suggests that it could serve as a stimulus or even a model for security integration. Improved military ties among the MERCOSUR nations have grown out of a sequence of developments, from political rapprochement to economic convergence and improved civilian state control. Yet increased cooperation has not led to a regional defense system. Case studies reveal that national considerations have inhibited most MERCOSUR members from accepting the idea of a regional security alliance.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , Spring 2000 , pp. 43 - 69
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Copyright © University of Miami 2000

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