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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
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 […]
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: […]
The Other Challenges for the Government: National Security and Defense
On June 1st, President José Antonio Kast presented his first State of the Nation Address to the National Congress. The speech aligned with the urgencies that determined the electoral outcome: public security, economic recovery, and attention to the most immediate social demands concentrated almost the entirety of its content. A Head of State assuming office […]
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