Colombia Internacional

Colomb. int. | eISSN 1900-6004 | ISSN 0121-5612

En busca de aliados para la “seguridad democrática”: la política exterior del primer año de la Administración Uribe

No. 56-57 (2003-06-01)
  • Arlene B. Tickner
    Arlene B. Tickner es profesora del Departamento de Ciencia Politica de la Universidad de los Andes y de la Universidad Nacional de colombia. Rodrigo pardo es Subdirector de El Tiempo y ex ministro de Relaciones Extenores de colombia.
  • Rodrigo Pardo
    Arlene B. Tickner es profesora del Departamento de Ciencia Politica de la Universidad de los Andes y de la Universidad Nacional de colombia. Rodrigo pardo es Subdirector de El Tiempo y ex ministro de Relaciones Extenores de colombia.
https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint56-57.2003.05

Abstract

This article discusses the ways in which president Álvaro Uribe has sought to Iink his democratic security policy with concrete foreign policy strategies during the first year of his administration. Among these, the insertion ofthe Colombian armed conflict within the international counterterrorist crusade Ied by the United States occupies a central role. The authors conclude that granting exclusive priority to Colombia’s relationship with Washington not only reduces its margins of autonomy, but may also pose obstacles to the creation of more positive relations with other international

Keywords: Colombian foreign policy, democratic security, Colombian armed conflict, international counterterrorist crusade

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