Abstract

PEREZ ALDAZ, María Augusta. Are Armed Forces Humanitarian Actors? The Importance of the State and the Human Being Based on the Ecuadorian Experience of Sending Troops to the Caribbean for Reconstruction Missions. rev.relac.int.estrateg.segur. [online]. 2019, vol.14, n.2, pp.107-131. ISSN 1909-3063.  https://doi.org/10.18359/ries.3805.

This article belongs to the field of international relations and the sub-field of security, since it deals with humanitarian operations carried out by the military, especially after natural disasters. The main argument is that, by nature, armies are not a humanitarian institution because their mission is to defend and secure states. However, based on their strategic objectives, states use their armies in humanitarian affairs and reformulate their national interests under the umbrella of human rights and the importance of the human being vis-à-vis the state. For this purpose, the concepts of security and power of the realistic theory are applied to the Ecuadorian case of reconstruction aid missions in the Caribbean: Marhec, Marcec and Mahrgec.

Keywords : State; Armed Forces; interests; power; security.

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