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AthenaLab is a civil society platform for strategic thinking and action, focused on strengthening Chile’s capacity to project and defend its interests globally.

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Pressure on the Andean Axis: Polarization, Fragile Governance, and Risks for Chile 
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Pressure on the Andean Axis: Polarization, Fragile Governance, and Risks for Chile 

1. Context The Andean axis is going through a period of heightened political tension. Colombia’s and Peru’s contested presidential elections, together with anti-government protests in Bolivia, point to a problem deeper than the sum of domestic incidents. In all three cases, internal political processes have become marked by a severe polarization that goes beyond the […]

Who Adapts First, Prevails: Land Power and Urgent Transformation at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2026
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Who Adapts First, Prevails: Land Power and Urgent Transformation at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2026

Executive Summary The RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2026 confirmed that land power has returned to the core of Western deterrence, as a concrete response to two questions that ran throughout the event: what kind of power is required to break an adversary’s will to fight and effectively compel submission, or produce regime change? From that, […]

Managed Confrontation: The Indo-Pacific after Shangri-La 2026
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Managed Confrontation: The Indo-Pacific after Shangri-La 2026

The 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), held in Singapore from 29 to 31 May 2026, produced no major surprises. There were no declarations of rupture, no announcements of new alliance pacts, and no moments of open confrontation between the great powers. Yet the forum did reveal a security order that has crossed the threshold into confrontation: […]

John Griffiths & Diego Sazo

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