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The continued rehabilitation of Chile's military

THE AMERICAS: "Chile: A force for good, now; A newly streamlined army polished its democratic credentials," The Economist, 27 September 2008.

Chile's maligned military (read, the Pinochet era) rehabilitates its international reputation in the most acceptable manner known to nation-states and aspiring great powers—peacekeeping.

It started at home with natural disasters and now has PKO troops in Haiti.

But to keep it in scale: we're talking about a 16m population with a 40,000-man strong army, or about one-quarter of our Marine Corps.

Posted by Thomas P.M. Barnett on October 21, 2008 6:52 AM | |

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Also shows how smaller states are stepping up to their responsibilities providing a valuable contribution in shrinkening the Gap

Posted by Tordenskiold | October 21, 2008 3:52 PM

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