Abstract

MAGNANI, Ezequiel. Defense as a Bandwagoning Tool: The Case of Argentina Against the United States (2015-2019). URVIO [online]. 2022, n.33, pp.53-66. ISSN 1390-4299.  https://doi.org/10.17141/urvio.33.2022.5262.

Studies on national defense in Argentina have not addressed the contributions of the “escuela de la autonomía”. Considering that this theoretical tradition proposes different ways in which States can enable links with the United States (bandwagon/resistance) and that defense policy is a governmental area that affects that relationship, the article has a double objective: to inquire theoretically about the way in which defense policy can contribute to a bandwagon strategy towards the Unites States and to illustrate empirically this theoretical relationship from the analysis of the Argentine defense policy. A qualitative methodology is used, taking as a case study the defense policy carried out by Argentina during the period 2015-2019 and taking three areas of national defense as an empirical reference: the definition of threats, defense as an international positioning tool, and the way in which military capabilities are acquired. It is concluded that the study of the Argentine defense policy (2015-2019) indicates that national defense can be used as a bandwagoning tool towards the United States.

Keywords : Argentina; autonomy; bandwagon; defense; International Relations.

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