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Abstract

Introduction: the article examines how outer space has become a new arena for strategic rivalry between China and the U.S., with China seeking to expand its influence through technological, economic, and diplomatic cooperation with Latin American countries, challenging Washington’s historic power in the region. Objective: the study aims to analyze
how China’s space diplomacy is transforming power dynamics in Latin America and generating strategic implications for U.S. security, while promoting an alternative model of international governance based on soft power and technological projection. Methodology: the research adopts a qualitative approach that combines process tracing and documentary
analysis, allowing for the identification of the causal mechanisms linking Sino-US rivalry with China’s foreign policy decisions. Primary and secondary sources are used to ensure triangulation and analytical validity. Conclusions: the study concludes that space cooperation is a key instrument of China’s strategy in Latin America, consolidating its influence and
contributing to the configuration of a more multipolar intern ational order.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© RELASEDOR y FLACSO Sede Ecuador. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Publisher Keywords:	China; Global South; Latin America; regional hegemony; soft power; space geopolitics; United States
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Departments:	School of Policy & Global Affairs School of Policy & Global Affairs > Department of International Politics
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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