WORKING PAPER Nº18 | Chilean National Security
The State of Chile is currently facing a volatile, uncertain and ambiguous international scenario, marked by competition between great powers, and in which new threats and risks emerge at an…
3rd SURVEY | Perceptions on Foreign Policy and National Security (2022)
Since we began this survey three years ago, a pandemic has swept the world, a new political cycle has begun in Chile after social upheaval, and Russia has launched a…
THESIS | Searching for White Gold: China´s Quest for Latin America´s Lithium
Thesis guided by AthenaLab to Georgetown students.May 24, 2022
2nd SURVEY | Perceptions on Foreign Policy and National Security (2021)
AthenaLab released the results of the Second Survey of Perceptions on Foreign Policy and National Security, which seeks to compare the results of the previous year with perceptions in terms…
STUDY | Chile and the Southern Hemisphere: Antarctica in Transition?
● Antarctica is currently governed by the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), which has been effective since 1961 and comprises the Antarctic Treaty (signed in 1959) and a series of related…
1st SURVEY | Perceptions on Foreign Policy and National Security (2020)
The events experienced in recent months, both nationally and globally, have broadly demonstrat- ed that we are currently facing a volatile, uncer- tain, complex and ambiguous reality. Sometimes, it seems…
WORKING PAPER Nº6 | Fires: an underestimated, permanent threat
Executive summary The mega-fire that broke out in December 2019 in Australia seems to be a tragic example of what can happen if climate change accelerates with devastating consequences. Even…
WORKING PAPER Nº5 | 18-O Social unrest in Chile
Executive Summary · The unpredictable turmoil and protests that erupted in October 2019 are unprecedented in terms of magnitude in the last three decades in Chile. Those manifestations of disgruntled…
STUDY | Audit of geopolitical capability
When we established AthenaLab, we faced the need to have an independent study that would allow us to know the geopolitical situation of Chile in a very interesting and complex…
WORKING PAPER Nº3 | Proposal for a National Intelligence System in Chile
The recent explosive attacks in Santiago, the deterioration of security in the Araucanía, the criminal pressures on the northern border and the cyber-attacks against banks demonstrate the urgent need for…