La seguridad internacional: vino viejo en botellas viejas
Abstract
International security is a complex and contested concept, heavily laden with values and judgments. For centuries, however, it was linked to the study of war, military strategy and alternatives to the use of force as an instrument of policy. While few would be likely to dispute these examples as issues of security, many would now extend its meaning to other values and interests. They would apply the term to environmental damage, hunger, and protection of human rights. But where do we draw the line in studying international security? What should be included or excluded? Has international security changed in such a way that we now need to re-define the concept? This article argues that in today" s post-Cold War world, we seem to have included so much in our definition of security that that we have posed the problem in ways that impede our questá for knowledge. Furthermore, international security, traditionally defined, has suffered few changes since the collapse of the Cold War; thus, there seems to have been more continuity than global change La seguridad internacional es un concepto complejo y contestado, cargado de valores y juicios. Por siglos, el concepto fue asociado al estudio de la guerra, la estrategia militar y otras formas alternativas al uso de la fuerza. Mientras pocos disputan este enfoque de la seguridad, otros consideran necesario extender y ampliar su significado para incluirá otros valores e intereses. Sugieren incluirá temas ambientales, nutrición y protección de derechos humanos. No obstante, ¿dónde deben demarcarse los límites de la seguridad internacional?, ¿qué debe será excluido e incluido?, ¿la seguridad internacional ha cambiado de tal forma que requerimos una reconceptualización ? Este artículo argumenta que en la era de la post-guerra fría la expansión del concepto de seguridad internacional ha incluido tanto en su definición que el proceso de adquisición de conocimiento se ha vuelto fútil. Aún más , se exageran los procesos de cambio internacional en tanto que se olvidan las constantes internacionales en materia de estrategia militar
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Revista de Ciencia Política 27, 2(Winter 2007): 67-88.
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, may not be copyrighted.
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2007000300004.
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