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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-5308</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[México y la cuenca del pacífico]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Méx.cuenca pac]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-5308</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Departamento de Estudios del Pacífico]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-53082016000300051</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Las islas Spratly: Internacionalización de un conflicto regional]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Spratly Islands: Internationalization of a Regional Conflict]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Granados Quiroz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ulises]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Ciudad de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<numero>15</numero>
<fpage>51</fpage>
<lpage>70</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-53082016000300051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-53082016000300051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-53082016000300051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Con la reciente inestabilidad en aguas del noreste y sudeste de Asia se ha reiniciado el debate sobre la capacidad y voluntad de China para preservar la paz y estabilidad regional con países vecinos. En el conflicto por las islas Spratly se observa desde hace pocos años un patrón cada vez más obvio de internacionalización con involucramiento de actores extrarregionales, en particular Estados Unidos. En este ensayo se presenta un análisis actualizado de este diferendo de larga historia que se ha agravado aceleradamente en los últimos años, considerando los motivos económicos y geopolíticos actuales más relevantes que han contribuido a la presente crisis entre China y algunos países, en particular Vietnam y Filipinas. Asimismo, se identifican las características más visibles de la entrada de Estados Unidos a este conflicto y sus implicaciones, seguido por una evaluación sobre si este diferendo, con sus nuevas aristas internacionales, ha llegado finalmente a un punto de ebullición. El ensayo finaliza con una serie de reflexiones sobre posibles caminos a seguir a futuro en este diferendo, tomando en cuenta las diversas variables analizadas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Recent instability in Northeast and Southeast Asian waters has reignited the debate over China's capacity and intention to preserve peace and security with neighboring countries. On the Spratly Islands territorial conflict, a pattern of internationalization &#8212;mainly a more direct us involvement&#8212; has been increasingly manifest during the last five years. This essay offers an updated analysis over this imbroglio, a conflict with a long history but nonetheless having been deteriorating fast during recent years, taking into account those most relevant economic and geopolitical causes contributing to the current crisis between China and some countries &#8212;mainly Vietnam and the Philippines&#8212;. Also, the most visible features and implications of US involvement into this maritime region are identified, followed by an evaluation of whether this conflict, with its international implications, has reached a breaking point. The essay concludes with some thoughts over future scenarios for the maritime region.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[islas Spratly]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mar de la China Meridional]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[islas Paracel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Scarborough Shoal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Spratlys]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[South China Sea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[DOC]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Paracels]]></kwd>
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