COLOMBIA UNDERGOING MUTATION: FROM THE CONCEPT OF POST-CONFLICT TO THE PRAGMATISM OF THE CONFLICT

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cesar.nino@usa.edu.co

Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations of the Sergio Arboleda University (Colombia). Ph.D. in Current Issues of Spanish and International Law of the University Alfonso X el Sabio of Spain. Master Degree in National Security and Defence from the Higher School of War of Colombia. Professional in Politics and International Relations at Sergio Arboleda University.

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palmadap1987@gmail.com

Professor at the Faculty of Government and International Relations of Santo Tomás University Colombia) Political scientist at the Faculty of Political Science and Government of the University of Rosario. Master of Arts in Political Theory with an emphasis on Political Discourse Analysis from the University of Essex (England).

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This article aims to generate a critical notion of post-conflict in Colombia to advance the idea of a scenario undergoing transformation. The dynamics of security and conflict in Colombia were defined from the existence of a problem that transcended threat. The FARC-EP were a problem that later became securitized and scaled in the country’s security agenda. Consequently, it is necessary to warn, on the one hand, that the conflict does not finish with the end of the FARC-EP process and, on the other hand, there is a secondary effect but not less important: the change of this group gave rise to the mutation of security and conflict issues in Colombia, namely, the markets of violence, the dispute over the power voids in the territory, the armed collectivities arising from the FARC-EP dissidents and the social exclusion that ex-combatants face. Taking into account the above, the “post-conflict” concept is biased, ambiguous and distorted, which in itself represents a threat to the development of conflicts in the country.

El presente artículo tiene por objetivo generar una noción crítica del posconflicto en Colombia para proponer la idea de un escenario en transformación. Las dinámicas de seguridad y conflicto en Colombia estuvieron definidas a partir de la existencia de un problema que trascendió a amenaza. Dicho problema que posteriormente se securitiza y escala en la agenda de seguridad del país fueron las Farc –Ep. En consecuencia, es menester advertir por un lado, que el conflicto no termina con el fin del proceso con las Farc-Ep y, por el otro, que como efectos secundarios pero no menos importantes, el cambio de este grupo da lugar a la mutación de los asuntos de seguridad y conflicto en Colombia. A saber, los mercados de la violencia, la disputa por los vacíos de poder que se manifiestan en el territorio y las colectividades armadas que surgen de los disidentes de las Farc-Ep y la exclusión social a la que se enfrentan los excombatientes. Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, el concepto “posconflicto” es tendencioso, ambiguo y distorsionado, lo cual en sí mismo representa una amenaza para el desenvolvimiento de los conflictos en el país.

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González, César Augusto Niño; Álvarez, Daniel Palma (2018). “Colombia undergoing mutation: from the concept of post-conflict to the pragmatism of the conflict”. JANUS.NET ejournal of International Relations, Vol. 9, N.º 2, November 2018-April 2019. Consulted [online] on the date of the last visit, https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.9.2.6

Article received on 11 May, 2018 and accepted for publication on 9 September, 2018

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