A tríplice fronteira e a agenda da guerra global ao terror

Abstract

This monograph intends to contribute to International Security Studies by investigating the association of the Triple Frontier between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay with international terrorism from the american perspective of the fight against international terrorism. The overall objective of this paper is to analyze the securitization process of the Tri-Border Area, investigating the United States' security agenda for the region after the September 11 attacks and the declaration of the Global War on Terror (GWT), as well as the impact of US security policy on sovereignty, and the definition of an autonomous regional security agenda for the countries of the Southern Cone. Checking the impact of the US unilateral hegemonic discourse in the countries of the region. Based on the social-constructive theory of the Copenhaguen School one can say that the September 2001 attacks and the declaration of the Global War on Terror reconfigured US interests in the region, resulting in the United States' incisive political and military projection in this border region.