Geopolítica en la era digital: la competencia entre EE. UU. y China a través de sus narrativas sobre tecnologías digitales

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Juan Pablo Soriano Gatica

La creciente competencia tecnológica entre Estados Unidos y China está remodelando la dinámica de poder global, ensanchando la brecha digital y complicando los esfuerzos para abordar los desafíos globales compartidos. Adoptando un enfoque geopolítico neoclásico –reconociendo la interacción de capacidades materiales y factores de ideación–, este artículo examina cómo las narrativas geopolíticas sobre tecnologías digitales, especialmente la inteligencia artificial (IA), reflejan y dan forma a esta competencia. Propone tres «narrativas geopolíticas» heurísticas basadas en teorías de relaciones internacionales: una narrativa de «mundo cerrado» (realismo), que enfatiza la seguridad y la soberanía; una narrativa de «mundo abierto» (liberalismo), que se centra en la cooperación y la gobernanza multilateral; y una narrativa de «mundo de injusticias» (teorías críticas), que destaca las desigualdades globales y las divisiones digitales. Mediante un análisis cualitativo del contenido de los discursos políticos de Joe Biden y de Xi Jinping (2018-2023), el estudio revela cómo estos líderes implementan estratégicamente narrativas para justificar políticas, promover intereses e influir en los discursos globales sobre la IA. Los hallazgos subrayan la naturaleza bidireccional de las narrativas, que reflejan y dan forma a los objetivos estratégicos y a las decisiones políticas. Este artículo contribuye a comprender cómo las narrativas influyen en la gobernanza global de la IA, destacando su papel en la conformación de alianzas internacionales y normas tecnológicas en medio de una dinámica geopolítica cambiante.

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Estados Unidos, China, narrativas geopolíticas, estrategias discursivas, inteligencia artificial, geopolítica neoclásica

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Soriano Gatica, Juan Pablo. «Geopolítica en la era digital: la competencia entre EE. UU. y China a través de sus narrativas sobre tecnologías digitales». IDP. Revista de Internet, Derecho y Política, 2025, n.º 43, doi:10.7238/idp.v0i43.428663.
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Juan Pablo Soriano Gatica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Es profesor lector de Relaciones Internacionales y Seguridad Internacional en la unidad de Derecho Internacional Público y Relaciones Internacionales, del Departamento de Derecho Público y Ciencias Histórico-Jurídicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). Es miembro del Observatorio de Política Exterior Europea, grupo de investigación del Instituto Barcelona de Estudios Internacionales (IBEI). El Observatorio y sus investigadores son una referencia en el campo de la investigación sobre política exterior europea. Es doctor y máster en Ciencia Política por la UAB, máster en Seguridad Internacional por la Universidad de Hull, en el Reino Unido, y licenciado en Ciencia Política por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

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