The defense of the Amazon and its militarization

dc.contributor.authorPenido, Ana Penido [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMathias, Suzeley Kalil [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Lisa Sousa [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionCNPq
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-30T15:43:00Z
dc.date.available2022-11-30T15:43:00Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe dispute for control over the Amazon's resources is intense, particularly as hegemonic competition on a global scale intensifies. In general, military sectors predominate in the discussion about what threatens this territory. This paper aims to critically discuss military thinking about the region, organized around five assumptions: sovereignty; geopolitics; the self-perception that only the military is committed to the defense of the Amazon; the vision that the Amazon should be integrated into the country; and a focus on borders, which fuels distrust of neighbors. Based on a bibliographical survey and elements of situational analysis, a tendency towards militarization of the formulations about the Amazonian reality is identified, with various reflections. The text is collated with suggestive comments for a new regional defense policy, based on other assumptions.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista Unesp Julio de Mesquita Fi, Relacoes Int, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista Unesp Julio de Mesquita Fi, Ciencia Polit, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Grp Estudos Def & Seguranca Int, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationCNPq, PQ 2, Lago Sul, DF, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnesp Unicamp PUC SP, Programa San Tiago Dantas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista Unesp Julio de Mesquita Fi, Relacoes Int, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista Unesp Julio de Mesquita Fi, Ciencia Polit, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Grp Estudos Def & Seguranca Int, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUnesp Unicamp PUC SP, Programa San Tiago Dantas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.format.extent103-128
dc.identifier.citationNovos Cadernos Naea. Belem: Univ Federal Para, v. 25, n. 1, p. 103-128, 2022.
dc.identifier.issn1516-6481
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/237935
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000819910700006
dc.language.isopor
dc.publisherUniv Federal Para
dc.relation.ispartofNovos Cadernos Naea
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectAmazon
dc.subjectMilitarization
dc.subjectMilitary thinking
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.titleThe defense of the Amazon and its militarizationen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderUniv Federal Para
unesp.departmentRelações Internacionais - FCHSpt

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