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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3569</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines de relaciones internacionales y ciencia política]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3569</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, División de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-35692018000200068</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La asociación estratégica como nuevo elemento de la acción exterior de la Unión Europea]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Strategic Association as a New Element of Exterior Action of the European Union]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quevedo-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Departamento de Estudios Internacionales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>27</numero>
<fpage>68</fpage>
<lpage>92</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35692018000200068&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35692018000200068&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35692018000200068&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen. Los socios estratégicos son un nuevo instrumento jurídico que se incorpora al resto de herramientas con las que cuenta la Unión Europea en materia de política exterior y tiene el objetivo de mejorar su presencia en el mundo. Las asociaciones estratégicas se utilizaban como un instrumento más político al señalar que los retos mundiales deberían ser enfrentados con sus socios clave a través de asociaciones con otros agentes o regiones clave en el mundo. La Unión Europea ha decidido integrar este nuevo elemento de acción exterior sin tener claro cuáles serán sus alcances y repercusiones, lo que ha generado críticas por un vasto número de países a nivel internacional, mismos que cuestionan la validez de las asociaciones estratégicas en su acción exterior.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract. Strategic Partners are a new legal instrument, now incorporated to the rest of tools in foreign policy matters and its objective is to improve its presence in the world. The strategic associations were in use as a more political instrument on having indicated that the world challenges should be faced with his key partners across associations with other agents or key regions in the world. The European Union has decided to integrate this new element to its external action without being clear about what its significance and repercussions will be. This has generated criticism among a great number of countries at the international scope who question the validity of such strategic associations in its external action.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Unión Europea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[acción exterior]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[socios estratégicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[European Union]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[exterior action]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[strategyc partners]]></kwd>
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