The first annual AthenaLab-IPSOS survey emerged as an unusual instrument of measurement, given that the surveys conducted at the time in Chile asked little or nothing about defence and even less about international affairs. In fact, in 2019 we received some criticism for asking about “national interests” or even linking “national security with foreign policy.” […]
The icy wind hits hard at the South Pole, where a chrome sphere on a red and white pedestal reflects the flags of the 12 original signatory countries of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. In this inhospitable place, so sought after by explorers of the past, all current territorial claims on the continent converge, perhaps along […]
In 2023, as the war between Russia and Ukraine threatened to extend indefinitely, the world was surprised by Hamas’ terrorist military incursion against Israel, unleashing a conflict in Gaza whose ramifications today extend to the Red Sea, compromising international maritime traffic. The positive international news was the relative stabilisation of relations between the United States […]
Five years ago, when we began conducting the first, one-of-a-kind Survey of Perceptions on Foreign Policy and National Security along with the pollster Ipsos, the data showed that Chileans’ main concern was drug trafficking and organised crime, followed by the porosity of borders and the increase in irregular immigration. Today that seems obvious; there is […]
Our fourth Foreign Policy and National Security survey, carried out jointly with Ipsos, confirms Chileans’ concern about drug trafficking and irregular immigration, two transnational phenomena that exploit the porosity of Chile’s extensive borders, and fuel the country’s current security crisis. Several of these problems, which today seem to have exploded simultaneously, had been addressed early […]
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 increasingly frequent pace. Faced with unpredictable contexts, a State that does not have an adequate security architecture will face these problems without the required strategic […]
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 war against Ukraine, the global repercussions of which are in full swing. Deep down, all of the above speaks to us of disruptions that are […]
Thesis guided by AthenaLab to Georgetown students.May 24, 2022
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 of security and defense, specifically regarding the main threats observed today, the role that Chile should play in the world and its relationship with other […]
● 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 agreements. In total, there are 12 signatories to the ATS and 54 parties to it. ● Of the ATS’ signatories, seven – Argentina, Australia, Chile, […]
