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100 1 _aMARCELLA Gabriel
245 0 _aThe United States and Columbia:
_bthe journey from ambiguity to strategic clarity
260 _aCarlisle PA. USA:
_bStrategic Studies Institute, US Army War College,
_c2003
300 _a78p.
440 _aShaping the regional security environment in Latin America
520 3 _aThe United States and Latin America are developing greater economic integration but at the same time the security situation in a number of countries in the region has got worse. The US has changed its approach to Columbia from a purely counternarcotics policy to more comprehensive support for national security. This paper looks at the problems that need to be overcome in the context of a weak state with ungoverned space, a situation made worse by large scale international organised crime and illegal drugs.
650 _aCOLOMBIA
_xNATIONAL SECURITY
650 _aTRANSNATIONAL CRIME
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xFOREIGN POLICY
_xCOLUMBIA
945 _i0014706
_rY
_sY
999 _c2736
_d2736