%0 Journal Article %T PODER Y SISTEMA INTERNACIONAL: UN APORTE AP¨®CRIFO A LAS RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES %A Cancelado Franco %A Henry %J Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X international relations are traditionally studied in a positive way, trying to see objectively the reality to be studied and creating closed analysis schemes. international actors are perceived as closed and rational in the international system; nevertheless, it is necessary to understand the internal dynamics of such actors, and to perceive at what moment there is an empowering discourse that generates a new ideological structure that, through the communication processes, changes the structure and ideology in a specific period. two issues always remain in the discussion of international relations: the role of sovereignty and the role of the economy. what would happen if both are inextricably linked in the historic processes of the last centuries, creating thus an international system different from the one usually considered?. %K international system %K power %K economy %K knowledge %K communication. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1909-30632010000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en