Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaDoctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century
The realistic orientation of the military doctrine of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces has remained unchanged over time despite a dynamic scenario of threats to the State. The objective of the article is to determine the historical origin of the realistic roots in the doctrine of the Armed Forces and the...
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FLACSO - Sede Ecuador
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4322 |
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| author | Andrade-Vásquez, Miguel |
| author_facet | Andrade-Vásquez, Miguel |
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| description | The realistic orientation of the military doctrine of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces has remained unchanged over time despite a dynamic scenario of threats to the State. The objective of the article is to determine the historical origin of the realistic roots in the doctrine of the Armed Forces and their link to the resistance to new roles demanded by the State and society in present days, which leads to rigidity in the military structure against threats such as drug trafficking and organized crime. The methodology applied is a case study, throughout a historical analysis within the classical realism approach of the International Relations theories. The study concludes that the realism perpetuated in the military doctrine of the Armed Forces might obey to a wrong construction of the threat to face. This triggers internal resistance to the change of role that the State demands from the military institution at present, in the face of diffuse and unconventional threats. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-43222021-07-13T03:38:24Z Doctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century Doctrina y estructura militar ecuatoriana: de cara o de espaldas a las amenazas del siglo XXI Andrade-Vásquez, Miguel Doutrina; Forças militares; Militarismo; Narcotráfico, Segurança do Estado Doctrina; Fuerzas Militares; Militarismo; Narcotráfico; Seguridad del Estado Doctrine; Drug Trafffic; Militarism; Military Forces; State Security The realistic orientation of the military doctrine of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces has remained unchanged over time despite a dynamic scenario of threats to the State. The objective of the article is to determine the historical origin of the realistic roots in the doctrine of the Armed Forces and their link to the resistance to new roles demanded by the State and society in present days, which leads to rigidity in the military structure against threats such as drug trafficking and organized crime. The methodology applied is a case study, throughout a historical analysis within the classical realism approach of the International Relations theories. The study concludes that the realism perpetuated in the military doctrine of the Armed Forces might obey to a wrong construction of the threat to face. This triggers internal resistance to the change of role that the State demands from the military institution at present, in the face of diffuse and unconventional threats. La orientación realista de la doctrina militar de las Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador ha permanecido invariable a través del tiempo, a pesar del dinámico escenario de amenazas al Estado. El objetivo del artículo es determinar el origen histórico de las raíces realistas en la doctrina de las Fuerzas Armadas y su vinculación con las resistencias a nuevos roles que el Estado y la sociedad exigen en la actualidad, lo cual conlleva la rigidez de la estructura militar frente a amenazas como el narcotráfico y el crimen organizado. La metodología aplicada es la del estudio de caso, mediante el análisis histórico dentro del enfoque del realismo clásico de las teorías de las Relaciones Internacionales. El estudio concluye que el realismo perpetuado en la doctrina militar de las Fuerzas Armadas podría obedecer a una equivocada construcción de la amenaza a enfrentar. A su vez, ello desencadena resistencias internas al cambio de rol que el Estado exige a la institución militar en la actualidad, ante amenazas difusas y no convencionales. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2021-01-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4322 10.17141/urvio.29.2021.4322 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 29 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (enero-abril); 109-121 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 29 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (enero-abril); 109-121 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.29.2021 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4322/3600 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4322/3599 Derechos de autor 2021 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad |
| spellingShingle | Andrade-Vásquez, Miguel Doctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century |
| title | Doctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century |
| title_full | Doctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century |
| title_fullStr | Doctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Doctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century |
| title_short | Doctrine and Military Structure of Ecuador: Facing or Turning Away from the Threats of the 21st Century |
| title_sort | doctrine and military structure of ecuador: facing or turning away from the threats of the 21st century |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/4322 |