This edited volume analyzes national security issues with maritime implications, and, specifically, naval projects and postures of main South Atlantic countries: Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, and South Africa. Additionally, it provides comprehensive and multi-level analysis of the interplay among national interests in the processes of demarcation of limits of the continental shelf and contention among Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, and the United Kingdom in the Southern Atlantic and the Antarctica. This book will interest scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of Latin American politics, regional studies, foreign and defense policy, and maritime security.

This edited volume focuses on the South Atlantic regional and national issues with maritime implications: naval policy, security, transnational organized crime, and Europe's legacy and current influence. The work analyzes the positions in favor and against NATO’s extended role in the South Atlantic, the historical and current issues related to the Falklands War, the African national deficits, and initiatives to attend the regional maritime problems. Including contributions from Angolan, Brazilian, Senegalese, and US collaborators, the volume offers eclectic conceptual frameworks, rich historical backgrounds, updated data, original analysis models, and policy recommendations.

The study is presented in two parts with two sets of appendices. Volume I, the focus of the study, concentrates on the potential sources of conflict in the South Atlantic region, the role of naval forces in the area, and the implications of present trends in the South Atlantic for U.S. policy. Volume II is a more detailed analysis of the South Atlantic's present and projected political and economic environment. It has been prepared as supportive companion to Volume I, providing background for and elaboration of the issues raised in the initial volume. Appendix I is a collection of papers prepared for the seven seminar sessions organized as part of the project. Appendix II is a collection of summaries of the discussions during those seminars.