Colombia’s Strategic Environment: A Pending Update in the Decade 2012-2021
In 2012 the global geopolitical pivot of Asia-Pacific was reconsidered, meanwhile a peace process began in Colombia. Both processes required States to update their strategic environment and define their associated military capabilities. Thus, the objective of the article was to determine the role of...
| Published in: | Estudios en Seguridad y Defensa |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Escuela Superior de Guerra "General Rafael Reyes Prieto"
2021
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| Online Access: | https://esdeguerevistacientifica.edu.co/index.php/estudios/article/view/315 https://doi.org/10.25062/1900-8325.315 |
| Summary: | In 2012 the global geopolitical pivot of Asia-Pacific was reconsidered, meanwhile a peace process began in Colombia. Both processes required States to update their strategic environment and define their associated military capabilities. Thus, the objective of the article was to determine the role of Colombia in terms of that environment. To this effect, from Samuel Cohen, for whom the geopolitical context is dominated by six great powers (United States-U.S., China, the European Union, Russia, Japan and India), only the projection of military power of those and of Brazil as a regional power was analyzed. It is evident that without apparent traditional threats from this context, hybrid threats to Colombia have intensified; especially, because of its proximity to eleven countries where divergent geopolitics and dynamics of transnational insecurity converge. Colombia's projection should be one of leadership in this subregion, thus contributing to the balance of the global multipolar system. En el año 2012 se replanteó el pivote geopolítico global de Asia-Pacífico, entretanto inició un proceso de paz en Colombia. Ambos procesos exigían a los Estados actualizar su entorno estratégico y definir sus capacidades militares asociadas. Así objetivo del artículo fue determinar el papel de Colombia en función de aquel entorno. A este efecto, a partir de Samuel Cohen, para quien el contexto geopolítico es dominado por seis grandes potencias (Estados Unidos -EE.UU.-, China, Unión Europea, Rusia, Japón e India), solo se analizó la proyección de poder militar de aquellas y de Brasil como potencia regional. Se evidencia que sin amenazas tradicionales aparentes desde ese contexto, las amenazas híbridas hacia Colombia se han intensificado; especialmente, por su vecindad con once países donde confluyen geopolíticas divergentes y dinámicas de inseguridad trasnacional. La proyección de Colombia debe ser de liderazgo en esta subregión, contribuyendo así al equilibrio del sistema multipolar global. Em 2012, o pivô geopolítico global ... |
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