Persistence and Change in Regional Security Institutions: Does the OAS Still Have a Project?

Weiffen, Brigitte

doi:10.1080/13523260.2012.693801

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“…With the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), signed in 1947, it also featured a collective defense component to deal with military aggression originating from outside the region. Following the end of the Cold War, the emphasis of the OAS security conception moved away from collective defense and toward cooperative security (Weiffen, 2012).…”

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“…Governments increasingly realize the transnational scope and impact of those non-traditional challenges, as well as the involvement of non-state actors (Tulchin 2005: 101–104). The terrorist attacks of 9/11 brought about a strong focus on terrorism and a reassertion of US dominance when the United States initiated the War on Terror and urged OAS member states to partake in this mission (Cepik, 2009: 246; Weiffen, 2012: 372–376).…”

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confidence: 99%

“… 4. For elaborations on the historical trajectory of OAS security conceptions and practices, see Shaw (2004), Herz (2011) and Weiffen (2012). …”

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Overlapping regional security institutions in South America: The case of OAS and UNASUR

Weiffen

Wehner

Nolte

2013

International Area Studies Review

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The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has positioned itself as a regional security organization aimed at reducing the influence of the Organization of American States (OAS) in South America. At the same time, the OAS paradoxically serves as a model for UNASUR because of its operational capacity and its legitimacy as a regional organization. This article analyzes the seemingly contradictory tendencies of replication and dissociation that UNASUR exhibits towards the OAS in terms of security conceptions and practices. In the first part of the paper, we will draw on recent debates on international regime complexity to develop a framework to study institutional overlap. The second part analyzes to what extent and in which respects UNASUR, and particularly its Defense Council, overlaps with the OAS in terms of security conceptions and practices, while the third part examines the causes of the emergence of a "competitor" for the OAS in South America.

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Overlapping regional security institutions in South America: The case of OAS and UNASUR

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Wehner

Nolte

2013

International Area Studies Review

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“…Democracy was mentioned from the beginning, and its promotion and consolidation were later added to the organization's 'essential purposes' by the second charter amendment (OAS 1985). While security and dispute settlement have been at the heart of OAS activities for decades, governance transfer has become the focal point of OAS activity, particularly with the democratization processes in Latin America in the 1990s (Herz 2011;Weiffen 2012).…”

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Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations

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2015

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This groundbreaking monograph series showcases cutting edge research on the transformation of governance in countries with weak state institutions. Combining theoretically informed and empirically grounded scholarship, it challenges the conventional governance discourse, which is biased towards modern developed nation-states. Instead, the series focuses on governance in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including transnational and transregional dimensions.Located at the intersection of global governance and international relations, on the one hand, and comparative politics, area studies, international law, history, and development studies, on the other, this innovative series helps to challenge fundamental assumptions about governance in the social sciences.

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“…For a short time, the so-called Washington Consensus unified the region behind the same neoliberal economic model. During the same period, the OAS (created in 1948 and one of the oldest regional organizations in the world) was modernized, thereby giving more voice to Latin American governments and the active defence of democracy and human rights (Herz 2011;Weiffen 2012). As Canada had joined the organization in 1990, the OAS had actually been converted into an all-encompassing continental organization of the Americas.…”

Section: Regional Governance In South America From the 1990s To 2014mentioning

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Latin America's New Regional Architecture: A Cooperative or Segmented Regional Governance Complex?

Nolte

2014

SSRN Journal

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Persistence and Change in Regional Security Institutions: Does the OAS Still Have a Project?

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Overlapping regional security institutions in South America: The case of OAS and UNASUR

Overlapping regional security institutions in South America: The case of OAS and UNASUR

Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations

Latin America's New Regional Architecture: A Cooperative or Segmented Regional Governance Complex?

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