LA SECURITIZACIÓN DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS

Abstract: If this unprecedented approach makes you think, criticize, talk about this topic, we will have achieved the first objective set at the beginning of this work. This document is an essay that aims to make the reader see that although it is true that we will be able to have Armed Forces (FFAA) with good human and material resources to face very difficult external threats, these Armed Forces will be able to do little if in the interior of the country the subversion and the ruler of the day orders the Armed Forces to repress said organization, since the cost will be very high socially, economically and politically. Therefore, in countries where the Consolidation Process is still underway, the management of the state apparatus is weak or inefficient; subversion is a latent threat and social conflicts are frequent; political leaders seek the adhesion of the population, the State cannot lose this battle, because losing it could mean the disappearance of the political system to say the least. Already Sun Tzu said approximately 2,500 years ago: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”; It follows that it is better to act preventively, that is, by attacking causes instead of attacking effects. For this, this document is presented, based on the existing situation in Peru, whose State has serious deficiencies in public management and whose inefficiency causes an increase in social gaps, which are a breeding ground for subversion and social conflicts. Given the growing citizen insecurity, there is a current that is in favor of the securitization of the Armed Forces, this document can serve to reflect on the fact that using them in Support of Development is more convenient from the social and economic point of view, thus preserving them for tasks that require a more forceful and decisive employment. The time to act is NOW […]