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Security & Strategic Review - October 2006
Civilians & soldiers: roles and outlooks
The biennial meeting of hemispheric defence ministers held in Managua on 1-4 October attracted attention, not so much because of what was decided as due to the resurgence of a debate which remained inconclusive - on civil-military relations and the role of the military in internal security - and what some analysts perceive as a shift in strategic concerns, particularly in South America.
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