Pandemic and Regional Disintegration: COVID-19 and the Dismantling of the South American Security Community

  The article analyzes the development of a security community in South America and the impact that the coronavirus pandemic had on it. By using a constructivist methodology, the paper analyzes how the crisis of regionalism, the difficulty in defining common threats and the erosion of a collective identity hampered the maturation of the community. In this context, it is argued that the health crisis caused by COVID-19 gave rise to a securitization process that deepened the process of dismantling that community and was reflected in three indicators: 1) the proliferation of discourses that identify neighbors as a threat to safety and health; 2) a fortification of the borders; 3) an increase in the militarization of citizen security and other spheres of the public arena. It is concluded that this type of practice and discourse gives rise to a type of political community similar to an anarchic society, where states identify themselves as rivals rather than friends.

• Hlavní autor: Frenkel, Alejandro (author)
• Další autoři: Dasso Martorell, Agostina (author)
• Médium: article
• Jazyk: spa
• Vydáno: 2021
• Témata: América do Sul; militarismo; militarização; pandemia; regionalismo; securitização; segurança internacional; América del Sur; militarismo; militarización; pandemia; regionalismo; securitización; seguridad internacional; international security; militarism; militarization; pandemic; regionalism; securitization; South America
• On-line přístup: https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4987