Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral InstitutionsGordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, Paul Alexander Haslam This is a systematic assessment of the functioning of hemispheric institutions since the introduction of the Summit of the Americas process in 1994. The text evaluates the effectiveness of inter-American institutions with regard to core issues of democratic governance, security, trade, and economic development. |
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... military dimension of hemisphere security , ( 3 ) build a positive civil - military rela- tionship based on the premise of civilian leadership of the military , and ( 4 ) work for incorporation of the Inter - American Defense Board as ...
... military dimension of hemisphere security , ( 3 ) build a positive civil - military rela- tionship based on the premise of civilian leadership of the military , and ( 4 ) work for incorporation of the Inter - American Defense Board as ...
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... military affairs . Security - protecting society from violence and foreign invasion - is the first obligation of the sovereign ( or state ) , as Adam Smith argued more than 200 years ago.31 Security is also a " state of mind . " 32 The ...
... military affairs . Security - protecting society from violence and foreign invasion - is the first obligation of the sovereign ( or state ) , as Adam Smith argued more than 200 years ago.31 Security is also a " state of mind . " 32 The ...
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... military ele- ments of collaboration . For example , the military would support other agen- cies , providing command - and - control facilities , communications , mobility , and surge response capability when needed . Where the Board ...
... military ele- ments of collaboration . For example , the military would support other agen- cies , providing command - and - control facilities , communications , mobility , and surge response capability when needed . Where the Board ...
Contents
An Overview | 13 |
A Sisyphean Endeavor? | 35 |
The OAS and the | 51 |
Copyright | |
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actors adopted agencies American countries Americas Andean areas Argentina bilateral Brazil Canada Caribbean Central American challenge Chile civil society Commission Committee on Hemispheric consensus convention coordination court created crisis CSBMs Declaration delegation democracy Development Bank disputes domestic ECLAC foreign framework Free Trade Agreement FTAA Gaviria global groups hemi hemispheric regionalism Hemispheric Security Hugo Chávez human rights IACHR IACourt implementation inequality institutional design inter-American cooperation Inter-American Defense Board Inter-American Democratic Charter Inter-American Development Bank inter-American governance inter-American institutions inter-American system Latin American Mar del Plata ment Mercosur Mexico military ministers ministries multilateral NAFTA negotiations networks norms OAS's organizations participation percent plans of action political poverty President problem promote reforms regime regional institutions relations response Rio Group role rules of origin Santiago Secretariat sector security agenda social strategy strengthen structure subregional summit mandates summit process summitry tariff threats tion transnational Treaty United Washington consensus