ABSTRACT
Thirty-five years ago, Argentina ended its history of military coups to enter a democratic period. The Argentine military, who had held an abhorrent record of authoritarianism and violence, was forced to abandon its leading role in politics. The process of democratization depended on the restoration of the rule of law. The concepts of defense and security admitted numerous changes related to post-Cold War realities. Traditional confrontations between the militaries of countries in conflict were relativized before the advance of internal wars. The developed countries focused their agendas on ethnic wars, the decomposition of states, and terrorism. Since the Macri administration, the government has chosen to reform the defense decrees and authorize military participation in the fight against narco-trafficking. Since the Menem administration, Argentina has stated that it has no hypothesis of conflict.
