Amenaza Interdependiente en la Región de los Grandes Lagos

Abstract

The objective of this monograph is to analyze the reach of the presence of illegal armed groups as determining elements in the origin of a regional security subcomplex among the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. It seeks to explain how an ethnic conflict translates into the presence of insurgent groups, and in turn, establishes an interdependent threat among the political leaders of these countries, which brings us to the security subcomplex phenomenon. To achieve this, the theoretical postulates of Barry Buzan, namely Regional Security Complexes, are relevant, because they identify the way they are structured, located and how they have evolved as units of analysis. Finally, this analysis is complemented by the method of study proposed by Jeremy M. Weinstein, to understand why and for what insurgent groups are created.