DOI: 10.7910/dvn/xvscru
title: Bilateral instruments signed by Argentina

description: &lt;b&gt;Data&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This dataset contains bilateral international instruments signed by Argentina between 1810 and 2023.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The dataset was produced using information as published in the
&lt;a href="https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/" target="_blank"&gt;Digital Library of Treaties of Argentina&lt;/a&gt; between December 2024 and January 2025.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Research&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An older version of this dataset, that covered instruments signed up to the year 2020, served as the basis for the paper on &lt;i&gt;"The distribution of treaties as a reflection of foreign policy"&lt;/i&gt;, originally published in Spanish in the Research Journal in Argentine Foreign Policy in December 2023, under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The paper explores the relation between treaties, foreign policy and geopolitics, on the basis of the study of information extracted from a collection of bilateral treaties -in this case, Argentina’s Digital Library of Treaties- using data analysis tools.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In some cases, the Digital Library of Treaties condenses different entities into a single counterpart. This effect is therefore replicated in the dataset, where the following entities are condensed into one same counterpart:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Russia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Prussia, Germany, and both German Republics before reunification.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Yugoslavia and Serbia.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Ottoman Empire and Turkey.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and Austria.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. Slovakia appears as a counterpart in instruments signed before its separation from Czechoslovakia in 1993 when they were expressly kept in force under a new agreement.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Links&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The original research paper in Spanish is available at:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;a href="https://politicaexteriorargentina.org/la-distribucion-de-tratados-como-reflejo-de-la-politica-exterior/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://politicaexteriorargentina.org/&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An English translation of the work is available
&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7175452472423890945/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;on LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;
or 
&lt;a href="https://jisantander.com/ressources/bilaterals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Citation&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please cite the original paper in Spanish when using this dataset:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
Santander Javier I.,
&lt;i&gt;
La distribución de tratados como reflejo de la política exterior
&lt;/i&gt;, 
Revista de Investigación en Política Exterior Argentina, Volumen 3, Número 6, Septiembre - Diciembre 2023. 
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Verification&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The dataset reflects a static image of information obtained at a specific moment, and could therefore contain information that has been since rendered outdated. It is therefore recommended to verify information with the source material available at the &lt;a href="https://tratados.cancilleria.gob.ar/" target="_blank"&gt;Digital Library of Treaties of Argentina&lt;/a&gt; to take into account any updates or corrections.&lt;/p&gt;
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