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Análise multidimensional do arquipélago dos Açores determinante para a consecução dos objetivos da OTAN
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As ilhas dos Açores, porção de terra Portuguesa emersa num local privilegiado pela sua centralidade no Atlântico, detém de um enorme relevo geoestratégico. Este mesmo, foi um fator muito importante que potenciou o convite formulado a Portugal para aderir a OTAN culminando com a assinatura oficial do tratado apos algum tempo de negociações a 04 de abril de 1949.
A altura da sua fundação, criada substancialmente para conter a ameaça soviética, contou com a adesão de 12 Estados Membros. Adaptou-se a fim de conseguir dar uma melhor e flexível resposta no decorrer da Guerra Fria e com o seu final assim como do Pacto de Varsóvia, consequência do desmembramento do bloco comunista Soviético, a aliança perde efetivamente o inimigo físico, razão para a qual foi constituída, conduzindo a um período conturbado quanto a justificação ou pertinência da continuação desta aliança.
Analisada a conjuntura da altura e reformuladas as suas tarefas e responsabilidades, a OTAN sofreu uma reforma estrutural. Não deixou de lado o principal objetivo de garantir a defesa mutua dos seus Estados Membros, mas focou-se também na gestão de crises e nas operações de apoio a paz.
A par da evolução tecnológica, fenómenos como a globalização, intrinsecamente associados a imprevisibilidade de ameaças e novos desafios, a OTAN continua em dinâmica evolução, verificando-se uma deslocação do foco de poder do Atlântico para o Medio Oriente. No entanto, os Açores nunca foram descartados quanto ao seu valor no que concerne a consecução dos objetivos definidos pela organização.
ABSTRACT: The Azores Islands, a portion of Portuguese land emerged as a privileged location due to its centrality in the Atlantic, has an enormous geostrategic standing. This important factor powered Portugal's invitation to join NATO, after time passed in negotiations, and finally culminating in the official signing of the treaty on April 4, 1949. At the time of its foundation, which was created substantially to contain the Soviet threat, it had the adherence of 12 Member States. It went adapting to achieve a better flexible response during the Cold War and when this same war ended as well as the Warsaw Pact, a direct consequence of the break-up of the Soviet Communist block, the alliance effectively loses its physical enemy, which was its primary purpose for having existed, leading to a troubled period as to the justification or relevance of the continuation of such alliance. After analyzing the current situation at the time and reformulating its tasks and responsibilities, NATO underwent a structural reform. It did not set aside the main objective of ensuring mutual defence of its Member State, but also focused on crisis management and peace support missions. Abreast technological developments and phenomena such as globalization, intrinsically associated with the unpredictability of threats and new challenges, NATO continues to evolve, there is a shift of focus from the Atlantic to the Middle East. Nonetheless, the Azores have never been discarded in relation to their value concerning their ability to attain the goals set by the organization.
ABSTRACT: The Azores Islands, a portion of Portuguese land emerged as a privileged location due to its centrality in the Atlantic, has an enormous geostrategic standing. This important factor powered Portugal's invitation to join NATO, after time passed in negotiations, and finally culminating in the official signing of the treaty on April 4, 1949. At the time of its foundation, which was created substantially to contain the Soviet threat, it had the adherence of 12 Member States. It went adapting to achieve a better flexible response during the Cold War and when this same war ended as well as the Warsaw Pact, a direct consequence of the break-up of the Soviet Communist block, the alliance effectively loses its physical enemy, which was its primary purpose for having existed, leading to a troubled period as to the justification or relevance of the continuation of such alliance. After analyzing the current situation at the time and reformulating its tasks and responsibilities, NATO underwent a structural reform. It did not set aside the main objective of ensuring mutual defence of its Member State, but also focused on crisis management and peace support missions. Abreast technological developments and phenomena such as globalization, intrinsically associated with the unpredictability of threats and new challenges, NATO continues to evolve, there is a shift of focus from the Atlantic to the Middle East. Nonetheless, the Azores have never been discarded in relation to their value concerning their ability to attain the goals set by the organization.
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Dissertação de Mestrado, Relações Internacionais: o Espaço Euro-Atlântico, 8 de janeiro de 2021.
Keywords
Geoestratégia Geopolítica NATO Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte (OTAN) Relações Internacionais Segurança Europeia Açores Geostrategy
Citation
Carvalho, Pedro Nuno Martins. "Análise multidimensional do arquipélago dos Açores determinante para a consecução dos objetivos da OTAN". 2021. XI, 74 p., [16 f.]. (Dissertação de Mestrado em Relações Internacionais: o Espaço Euro-Atlântico). Ponta Delgada: Universidade dos Açores, 2020. [Consult. Dia Mês Ano]. Disponível em www:<http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/5900>.