Abstract

OVANDO, Cristian; ALVAREZ, Gonzalo; GONZALEZ PIZARRO, Sergio  and  ITURRA VALENZUELA, Luis. Traditional and emerging dimensions of border security in the far north of Chile. Estud. front [online]. 2020, vol.21, e053.  Epub Jan 15, 2021. ISSN 2395-9134.  https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2011053.

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 in 2019, 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.

Keywords : border security; geopolitics; securitization; far north of Chile; border.

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