Análisis comparado de los sistemas internacionales de la antigua China y de la Europa moderna: una aproximación geopolítica desde el realismo estructural

• Esteban Vidal Pérez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Leioa, España

     
• Localización: Relaciones Internacionales, ISSN-e 2314-2766, Vol. 33, Nº. 66, 2024
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.24215/23142766e190
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Comparative analysis of the international systems of ancient China and modern Europe: A geopolitical approach from structural realism
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  • español

    Este artículo es un análisis comparado de los sistemas internacionales de la antigua China y de la temprana Europa moderna. Presenta un enfoque geopolítico desde el realismo estructural que pretende responder a por qué Europa no desarrolló un orden imperial en contraste con China con un sistema multiestatal similar. Este estudio hipotetiza que la elevada fragmentación geopolítica, además de las condiciones geográficas, creó un sistema internacional anárquico e impidió la formación de un imperio continental en Europa gracias al equilibrio de poder. Para contrastar esta hipótesis se examinan los principales rasgos del sistema internacional chino y cómo evolucionó hacia un orden imperial. Esto nos lleva a estudiar el sistema internacional en Europa y cómo impidió el surgimiento de un imperio universal.

  • English

    This paper is a comparative analysis of the international systems of Ancient China and early modern Europe. It presents a geopolitical approach from structural realism, which intends to answer why Europe did not develop an imperial order in contrast with China with a similar multi-State system. This study hypothesizes that high geopolitical fragmentation, besides geographic conditions, created an anarchic international system, and it precluded the formation of a continental empire in Europe thanks to the balance of power. To contrast this hypothesis, it examines the main traits of the Chinese international system and how it evolved towards an imperial order. That leads to studying the international system in Europe and how its geopolitical environment prevented the rise of a universal empire.

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