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Entre seguridad humana y estatal: ¿ofrece la Unión Europea una respuesta coherente a los desafíos de seguridad en Centroamérica, Colombia y Venezuela?

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  • Additional Information
    • Publication Information:
      Universidad de los Andes
    • Publication Date:
      2021
    • Collection:
      Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
    • Abstract:
      Objective/Context: Central America, Colombia and Venezuela face important security challenges. Despite its rhetoric about the importance of human security, the EU applies different policies to the three conflicts: a securitydevelopment nexus in Central America, a combination of donor engagement and “securitization” in Colombia and a mixture of sanctions and diplomacy in Venezuela. Employing a comparative approach based on a common methodological framework, this article sets out to determine which EU concept of security – State or human-focused –is applied to each conflict and assess its degree of coherence. Methodology: Basing itself on a qualitative content analysis, the article addresses the following question: to what extent does State or human security govern the EU´s respective policies towards these countries and how consistent are they? Conclusions: The article finds that, despite its official discourse, the EU´s securitydevelopment nexus is not a coherent policy and its relationship with the United States, its transatlantic “partner” and the region’s main donor, are mainly responsible for that policy´s internal and external inconsistencies. Originality: The article questions the EU’s image as a soft power and development partner. Although the EU continues to deal with the causes of insecurity, like inequality and poverty, rather than its consequences, its development-security nexus tends to “securitize” development, particularly in countries, like Colombia and Venezuela, which, due to their armed conflicts and fragile States, are regarded as “security threats.”
    • ISSN:
      0121-5612
      1900-6004
    • Relation:
      https://doaj.org/toc/0121-5612; https://doaj.org/toc/1900-6004; https://doaj.org/article/b774654b76e74556847aa40921ef1620
    • Accession Number:
      10.7440/colombiaint105.2021.05
    • Online Access:
      https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint105.2021.05
      https://doaj.org/article/b774654b76e74556847aa40921ef1620
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.33791FA8