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Article: The hemispheric security agenda: obstacles to cooperation between military and law enforcement agencies.
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- Hemisphere
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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The Organization of American States Declaration on Security in the Americas (October 2003) greatly expands the scope of the hemispheric security agenda. In addition to traditional security threats of terrorism, organized crime and weapons of mass destruction, it cites such nontraditional threats as extreme poverty and social exclusion; natural and manmade disasters; HIV/AIDS, diseases and other health risks; environmental degradation; human trafficking; and cyber attacks. To address this expanded agenda, the declaration calls for ambitious measures to strengthen bilateral and subregional security and defense agreements and cooperation. This article outlines a model for ...