The military presence of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic: the British geostrategic interests in the region (1990-2015)

• Grant number: 19/04474-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2019
• End date: February 28, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - International Politics
• Principal Investigator: Samuel Alves Soares
• Grantee: João Vitor Tossini
• Host Institution: Instituto de Políticas Públicas e Relações Internacionais (IPPRI). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The primary objective of this research is to analyse the geostrategic interests of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic taking in account the country's support for the "out-of-area" operations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Moreover, it is going to be analysed the importance of the British military presence in the South Atlantic to the British Government from 1990 to 2015. The United Kingdom is traditionally regarded as a great power, with significant military, economic and political weight in the international system, is one of the permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council, one of the most active members of NATO and the closest ally of the United States. These factors give the United Kingdom significant relative freedom of action in the South Atlantic where it is the only foreign military power, beyond the United States, to have a permanent presence in the region. Furthermore, the United Kingdom possesses a system of military power projection, especially naval power, based on its Overseas Territories, remnants of the British Empire, which have no territorial or populational expressiveness but are located on regions of geostrategic relevance, being one example the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

TOSSINI, João Vitor. The military presence of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic: the british geostrategic interests in the region (1990-2016). 2021. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Políticas Públicas e Relações Internacionais. São Paulo São Paulo.