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126310
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2013.
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The Colombian government's peace negotiations with the FARC have been paralleled by a military strategy designed to weaken the guerrilla groups. However, this is only one of the many foci of the country's military strategy. On 20 August 2013, Matt Ince interviewed Jorge Enrique Bedoya, Vice Minister of Defense for Policy and International Affairs, about Colombia's current and future security and defence challenges.
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122229
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2013.
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The decision to enter into peace negotiations with the FARC represents the latest in a series of attempts by Colombia's Santos administration to prioritise political over military activities in seeking an end to the country's internal conflict. Yet despite favourable political conditions, a number of major challenges remain which could prevent a meaningful peace settlement from coming to fruition. Matt Ince argues that the single largest obstacle in this regard is the potential for the talks to cause fragmentation within the FARC, an outcome that could impede its leaders in negotiating a settlement viewed as legitimate by the entire organisation, while opening the door to the emergence of FARC splinter groups in the period ahead.
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ID:
126309
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2013.
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If ongoing peace talks with the FARC succeed, it is unclear what will become of the guerrilla group's illicit finance networks; who would replace the FARC in the drug-trafficking chain should they demobilise; and what would happen to their business interests in other illegal sectors. Against this backdrop, Matt Ince assesses whether a potential future peace deal with Colombia's oldest insurgent group could open the door to new sources of violence and insecurity in Colombia in the period ahead, as rival criminal organisations compete with one another to gain control over the FARC's current portfolio of illegal activities.
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129656
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