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Subject(s)

• Argentina—Boundaries—Chile [Browse]
• Chile—Boundaries—Argentina [Browse]
• Beagle Channel (Argentina and Chile) [Browse]
• Boundary disputes [Browse]
• South America—Politics and government—20th century [Browse]

Series

Studies in diplomacy and international relations. [More in this series]

Summary note

This book provides a unique view on the Beagle Channel crisis (1977-1984) between Argentina and Chile by examining it in a global political context. The author explores the factors which led from imminent conflict to signing the Treaty of Peace and Friendship in just six years. Regional and international dimensions of the Beagle crisis are given particular attention, including international arbitration, the participation of the Vatican as a third actor, the role of the US, the complicating effects of the Falkland war, and the relations between each party and the UK. The author highlights unequal effects on Argentine and Chilean foreign policies of domestic structures and international conditions. The book seeks to determine the extent to which foreign policy provides opportunities for states to exercise political autonomy, given the powerful constraints imposed by the multiple structures of the international system, and how negotiation behaviour generated the path from conflict to cooperation between Argentina and Chile. The author focus on foreign policy aids the understanding of processes and decisions within Argentina and Chile during the Beagle crisis while utilising new theoretical approaches in the field of negotiation behaviour in Latin America.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Acronyms ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction; Setting the Stage; Research Design and Road Map; Variables: Explanandum and Explanans; Overview; Notes; Chapter 2: FPDM: Agents, Structures, and Status; Introduction; The Agency and Structure Debate; The Theoretical Debate: Neorealism, Constructivism, and FPA; Can the Agency-Structure Puzzle Be Resolved?; Perception and Status; The Domestic-International Scope: A Theoretical Challenge; FPDM: The Individual and Situational Context; Notes
• Chapter 3: Argentine-Chilean Relations in a Historical Perspective Introduction; Patterns of Diplomatic Conflict During the Nineteenth Century; Mapping the Conflict Area; Historical Analysis and Political Trends During the Twentieth Century; Confrontation Over Cooperation; The Protocols and Events During the 1960s; The Genesis of Formal Negotiation in 1967; A New General Treaty on the Judicial Solution of Controversies in 1971; A Brief Account of the Legal Arguments of Argentina and Chile; The 1977 Arbitral Decision; Final Remarks; Notes; Chapter 4: Annus Horribilis: 1977-1978; Introduction
• Prenegotiation: Events Before 1977Foreign Policy Decision Making in Military Diplomacy; 'Try-and-See': Argentina's Torti Proposal; Chile's faux pas; Chile's Ideological Stands: First Critics; The Period of Negotiation: Mendoza and Puerto Montt; The Presidential Meeting: Epilogue to Chilean Military Diplomacy; Argentina's Summer 1978 Turning Point: 'Null and Void'; The Failure of the Puerto Montt Negotiation; Tactical Momentum: 'Operation Sovereignty'; The Risk of Brinkmanship; The War Is Coming; The Vatican's Intervention on Christmas Eve; Final Remarks; Notes
• Chapter 5: Global Actors: Converging Conflicts Introduction; Mediation Role of the US as an Option; Human Rights Violations in Argentina and Chile and World Opinion; Panama Treaty Conference: Carter, Videla, and Pinochet; US Internal Dilemmas: Differing Strategies and Aims; The UK: Dealing with the Award and the Other Islands; The EEC's Unknown Endeavour: Joint Ďmarche; Argentina and Chile Tackle an 'Anarchical Society'; Chile's Restricted Options; Argentina: Tackling Difficult Decisions; Final Remarks; Notes; Chapter 6: Time for Mediation; Introduction
• Calm in the Storm: The Vatican 'Procession of the Sage' Why Did the Vatican Intervene?; The Figure of Cardinal Samoř; Argentina Fragmented; Seagulls Flying in a Turbulent Sea; Against Brutus and Cassius: Be Aware the Ides of March; Chile: Between Domestic and International Considerations; The Chilean Team Strengthens Its Position; UK and Chile: So Far, So Close; The Mediation in Jeopardy; The Vatican Proposal: A Puzzle Resolution; Argentina: Give Me More Time; Leaking Documents: A Failure Strategy; A New Approach to Chile?; Final Remarks; Notes; Chapter 7: The Final Act; Introduction

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ISBN

• 9781137572745 (hardback)
• 1137572744 (hardback)

OCLC

950952726

RCP

H - S

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