The Asian Supercomplex and the contemporary securitization process of the line of actual control

Julia Rudrigues; William Daldegan

doi:10.21670/ref.2613191

Autores/as

Julia Rudrigues Universidade Federal de Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8052-1951
William Daldegan Universidade Federal de Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5806-0557

Palabras clave:

línea de control actual, supercomplejo asiático, securitización, China, India

Resumen

Este artículo examina los conflictos fronterizos entre China e India de 2017 a 2022, explora la consolidación del supercomplejo asiático mediante un análisis del proceso contemporáneo de securitización de la Línea de Control Actual (LCA). De carácter analítico y descriptivo, el estudio emplea una metodología cualitativa basada en una revisión de la literatura y un análisis teórico-conceptual orientado por la Teoría de los Complejos de Seguridad Regional de Buzan y Wæver. Los hallazgos sugieren que el debilitamiento de los mecanismos institucionales establecidos mediante los acuerdos documentados en la base de datos UN Peacemaker, junto con medidas como la Nueva Ley de Fronteras Terrestres de China, ha contribuido a la consolidación del supercomplejo asiático. La intensificación de la securitización de la LCA ha reforzado así un supercomplejo que ya estaba surgiendo como resultado de transformaciones más amplias en el orden de seguridad asiático.

Abstract

This article examines Sino-Indian border conflicts from 2017 to 2022, exploring the consolidation of the Asian Supercomplex through an analysis of the contemporary securitization of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Analytical and descriptive in nature, the study employs a qualitative methodology based on a literature review and theoretical-conceptual analysis guided by Buzan and Wæver’s Regional Security Complex Theory. The findings suggest that the erosion of the institutional mechanisms established through the agreements documented in the UN Peacemaker database, together with measures such as China’s New Land Borders Law, has contributed to the consolidation of the Asian Supercomplex. The intensification of the securitization of the LAC has thus reinforced a supercomplex that was already emerging from broader transformations in the Asian security order.

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