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HALUANI, Makram. Sistemas de balance de poder regional: geografía, jerarquías y poder nacional. CDC [online]. 2002, vol.19, n.50, pp.105-127. ISSN 1012-2508.

The present paper aims to study the impact of states’ power, their geographic location, and of their qualitative-comparative hierarchy on regional political and security relations. It also seeks to identify the basic variables that shape the creation and application of those politico-military capabilities and to link them to the pattern of their cooperative or conflictual relations within their regional balance of power system

Palavras-chave : International relations; National power; Hierarchies; Regional balance; Geography.