A UNASUL e a Segurança das suas Fronteiras

uma Reflexão Necessária

Abstract

The UNASUL, created by the twelve South American countries, represents the most recent regional integration effort to address issues related to socioeconomic cooperation, multilateral security and defense and the promotion of mutual confidence building. South American borders are privileged zones for integration, cooperation, and cultural and commercial interchange. Transborder crimes in the region constitute the region’s major security challenges, and responding to them requires new collective paradigms for the use of military and intelligence resources. Creating and implementing public policies oriented to avoiding and combating these crimes should consider the balance between liberty and security. This presupposes the adoption of concerted mechanisms of balance, cooperation and interchange of timely intelligence to react to the conditions that create vulnerability.