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<journal-id>1909-3063</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad]]></journal-title>
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<issn>1909-3063</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Militar Nueva Granada]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1909-30632021000200039</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18359/ries.5721</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Geopolítica y pandemia: la expansión china y rusa en el escenario internacional]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Geopolitics and the Pandemic: Chinese and Russian Expansion on the International Stage]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Geopolítica e pandemia: a expansão chinesa e russa no cenário internacional]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salazar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alba Silva]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,aff1  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>39</fpage>
<lpage>46</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1909-30632021000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1909-30632021000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1909-30632021000200039&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El presente ensayo analiza los planteamientos geopolíticos desarrollados por China y Rusia desde sus propias capacidades: cooperación y soft power (poder blando), en relación a un objetivo determinado. Este objetivo consiste en promover su propia economía y desestabilizar la balanza planteada desde Estados Unidos como poder hegemónico. En este sentido, se toma en consideración la forma como los actores estatales intervienen en la reestructuración del poder global, la gobernanza de la crisis sanitaria, el cierre de fronteras y las implicaciones socioterritoriales del COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This essay discusses the geopolitical approaches developed by China and Russia from their capacities: cooperation and soft power towards a specific objective. This objective is to promote their economies and destabilize the balance the United States created as the hegemonic power. We consider how state actors take part in restructuring global power, governing the health crisis, closing borders, and the socio-territorial implications of COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: Neste ensaio, são analisadas as abordagens geopolíticas desenvolvidas pela China e pela Rússia a partir das suas capacidades: cooperação e soft power (poder suave), com relação a um objetivo determinado. Esse objetivo consiste em promover sua economia e desestabilizar a balança proposta pelos Estados Unidos da América como poder hegemônico. Nesse sentido, considera-se a forma como os atores estatais intervêm na reestruturação do poder global, na governança da crise sanitária, no fechamento de fronteiras e nas implicações socioterritoriais da COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[China]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estados Unidos]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[China]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Russia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[United States]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[international relations]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[China]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Rússia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Estados Unidos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Relações Internacionais]]></kwd>
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