Maritime Strategy and Security Challenges in South America

Henrik Schilling; Anne Runhaar

doi:10.5771/9783748951360

Summary

Maritime Security is a globally linked system, which is of immediate importance for both land-locked and coastal states. While western research mainly focuses on the North Atlantic and European region, maritime challenges in South America receive less attention.The maritime security challenges faced by South American states have an impact that extends far beyond the continent's borders. Drug smuggling, illegal fishing and underfunded navies are just some of the problems states have to deal with – with consequences for Europe and the rest of the world. The predominantly Latin American authors and the associated regional perspective offer valuable insights into the most serious challenges and existing security policy and strategic solutions.With contributions byErico Duarte | Christian J. Ehrlich | Ralph Espach | Jim Howe | Danilo Marcondes | Ignacio Mardones | Leonardo Mattos | Gabriela Paulucci | Andrea Luiza Fontes Resende de Souza | Samuel Rivera Páez | Anne Runhaar | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez | Henrik Schilling | Bill Travis | Rafael Uribe Neira

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Publication year: 2025
Publication date: 03.09.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-1953-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-5136-0
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: ISPK Seapower Series
Volume: 6
Language: English
Pages: 214
Product type: Edited Book

1. Foreword No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. List of abbreviations No access
1. Wilder Alejandro Sánchez
  1. South America's security threats and other Naval operations No access
  2. Current trends No access
  3. The status of the fleets today No access
  4. Analysis and Conclusions No access
2. Andrea Luiza Fontes Resende de Souza
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Brazil’s Maritime Space No access
  3. The Brazilian Naval Strategy No access
  4. New century, new challenges No access
  5. Conclusion No access
3. Ralph Espach
  1. South America within contemporary great power competition No access
  2. Maritime threats and challenges No access
  3. South American responses to great power competition No access
  4. Challenges No access
4. International Cooperation: The Case of the US Coast Guard No access Pages 71 - 86 James Howe, Bill Travis
5. Christian Ehrlich
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Mexico’s maritime domain and the evolution of the Mexican Navy No access
  3. Mexico’s Maritime Security Threats No access
  4. Mexican Navy Operational Doctrine: geopolitics and future challenges No access
1. Ignacio Mardones
  1. Maritime Infrastructure and its political-economic relevance No access
  2. Maritime Infrastructure projects in South America No access
  3. Increasing the security of critical maritime infrastructure No access
  4. External influence over port-infrastructure in South America No access
  5. The Chilean case No access
  6. Conclusions No access
2. Érico Esteves Duarte, Danilo Marcondes
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Public Safety No access
  3. Natural Disaster Response and the COVID-19 Pandemic No access
  4. Final Remarks No access
3. Samuel Rivera Páez
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Armed Robbery and Piracy in the South American Region No access
  3. Smuggling by sea in the South American region No access
  4. Countermeasures to Combat Piracy and Smuggling in the South American Region No access
  5. Surveillance and Monitoring Capabilities No access
  6. Improved Legal Frameworks No access
  7. Enhanced Maritime Law Enforcement No access
  8. Implementation of International Cooperation Mechanisms No access
  9. Final Remarks and Conclusions No access
4. Wilder Alejandro Sánchez
  1. The Problem No access
  2. Navies, the first line of Defense No access
  3. Washington’s assistance No access
  4. Violence No access
  5. Discussion No access
  6. The curious case of BAE Hualcopo No access
  7. Conclusions No access
5. Leonardo Faria de Mattos, Gabriela Paulucci da Hora Viana
  1. Introduction No access
  2. The Growing Geopolitical Importance of Antarctica No access
  3. South American Claims No access
  4. The Search for a South American Antarctica No access
  5. Shaping Antarctic Alliances: South America Countries and Great Powers No access
  6. Final Considerations No access
1. Rafael D. Uribe-Neira
  1. Introduction No access
  2. Drug trafficking on sea No access
  3. Implication 1: Drug trafficking will steadily grow as EU and South American economic ties deepen No access
  4. Implication 2: Technology and port infrastructure makes the hunt for smugglers even more difficult No access
  5. Implication 3: Expect an overreach of security mandates No access
  6. Conclusion No access
2. Closing Remarks: Maritime Security in South America: Why Europe Must Engage No access Pages 205 - 208 Anne Runhaar
About the Authors No access Pages 209 - 212
About the Editors No access Pages 213 - 214