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<journal-id>1645-9199</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Relações Internacionais (R:I)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Relações Internacionais]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1645-9199</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[IPRI-UNL]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1645-91992021000400043</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.23906/ri2021.72a03</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[O paradigma do Flanco Sul da NATO e a relevância geoestratégica para Portugal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[NATO&#8217;s southern flank paradigm and the geostrategic relevance to Portugal]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bernardino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luís Manuel Brás]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Universitário Militar  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>72</numero>
<fpage>43</fpage>
<lpage>62</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1645-91992021000400043&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1645-91992021000400043&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1645-91992021000400043&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo Num momento em que a NATO se prepara para discutir e aprovar na Cimeira de Madrid (2022) o seu novo Conceito Estratégico, e num enquadramento geopolítico e geoestratégico global complexo e imprevisível, onde a segurança cooperativa e coletiva continua a ser o instrumento que faz funcionar a Aliança, parece-nos relevante refletir sobre o papel da organização no mundo e especialmente no seu Flanco Sul. Esta reflexão, focada na vertente estratégico-operacional, pretende apontar elementos importantes para o novo Conceito Estratégico da Aliança e analisar o impacto para Portugal.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract At a time when NATO is preparing to discuss and approve at the Madrid Summit (2022) the new Strategic Concept, and in a very complex and unpredictable global geopolitical and geostrategic framework, where cooperative and collective security remains the instrument that makes the Alliance work, it seems relevant to reflect on the role of the organization in the world and especially on its southern flank. This reflection, focused essentially on the strategic-operational aspect, aims to point out crucial elements for the new Strategic Concept of the Alliance and the impact for Portugal.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[NATO]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[segurança coletiva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[defesa global]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Conceito Estratégico da Aliança]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NATO]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[collective security]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[global defense]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NATO Strategic Concept]]></kwd>
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