Os Açores no sistema das relações internacionais: entre autonomia e integração europeia

The Azores archipelago has had a long relationship with the Americas such as with the United States and Canada, even before some of its states were constituted, On the other hand, with a similar impetus, it has established a relationship with Europe, Africa, and other islands in the same Atlantic Oc...

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Main Author: Vitorino Fontes, Paulo
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8761596
Source:OASIS: Observatorio de Análisis de los Sistemas Internacionales, ISSN 1657-7558, Nº. 37, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Enero-Junio), pags. 93-114
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Summary: The Azores archipelago has had a long relationship with the Americas such as with the United States and Canada, even before some of its states were constituted, On the other hand, with a similar impetus, it has established a relationship with Europe, Africa, and other islands in the same Atlantic Ocean, highlighting more recently the path of European integration that the Azores have undertaken. From a bibliographical review of the relevant contributions to the theme and a qualitative and hermeneutic analysis, we intend to explore the parallel movement of autonomy and integration that the Autonomous Region of the Azores has made since 1976. We will highlight the achievement of the status of political administrative autonomy of this archipelago that allows the development of its potentialities. Projecting into the future, alongside the intense exchange of people, communications and goods that shape transatlantic relations, we will consider the strategic role that the Azores play and can play, both as a scientific platform and in the new configurations of Atlantic security in a post-Cold War world. We will conclude that the articulation of autonomy with integration, in the current European legal and political framework, enables, in addition to internal development, a new centrality for the region in international politics.