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Political Observer

Print version ISSN 2795-4757On-line version ISSN 2795-4765

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VITORINO FONTES, Paulo. Transatlantic relations and the centrality of the Azores: between past and future. Political Observer [online]. 2022, vol.18, pp.87-103.  Epub May 22, 2023. ISSN 2795-4757.  https://doi.org/10.59071/2795-4765.rpcp2022.18/pp.87-103.

The Azores Archipelago has played since very early an essential role in transatlantic relations and, in particular, in the bilateral relationship of Portugal with the United States and of Europe with North America. Our research, through a qualitative and hermeneutic analysis, aims to take account of the most important stages, the difficulties, the solutions found and the challenges faced in transatlantic relations, exploring the centrality of the Azores, mainly at the social, economic, scientific and political level. Projecting into the future, alongside the intense exchange of people, communications and goods that shape transatlantic relations, we will consider the strategic role that the Azores can play, both as a scientific platform and in the new configurations of Atlantic security in a post-Cold War world. We will conclude by elucidating the renewed geostrategic and geopolitical interest that the archipelago presents.

Keywords : Azores; United States; Europe; transatlantic relations.

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