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Contratapa(Contratapa offers, in a second language,the abstracts found in this volume)China-Colombia relations in the context of thestrategic relationship between Colombia <strong>and</strong> the United States(Las relaciones China-Colombia en el contexto de la relaciónestratégica entre Colombia y los EE.UU.)R. Evan EllisABSTRACTThis essay analyzes the relationship between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) <strong>and</strong> Colombiain the strategic context of the region. It starts with an analysis of why the growing relations betweenChina <strong>and</strong> the region comprise a key security <strong>and</strong> defense concern, despite the primarily economicnature of the relationships. It continues with an analysis of Chinese strategic interests in Colombia inthe context of the PRC’s strategic interests in the region generally, which includes access to primaryproducts <strong>and</strong> markets, efforts to isolate Taiwan, <strong>and</strong> to foster a safe environment for China’s rise in theworld. It concludes that relations between the PRC <strong>and</strong> Colombia in recent years has been primarilycommercial in nature, <strong>and</strong> has many strategic implications for Colombia, including developmentsin the structure of their trade, the increase in human trafficking, <strong>and</strong> the indirect empowerment ofirregular forces <strong>and</strong> external threats in the region . Additionally it asserts that the China-Colombia-US relationship should be understood as a triangle in which the development of one part impacts theothers, but with opportunities to collaborate, including on defense <strong>and</strong> crime issues, which matter tothe entire region.The Chilean resource allocation model fordefense investment: Impacts <strong>and</strong> regional comparisons(El modelo de asignación de recursos paralas inversiones en defensa chileno: Impactos y comparaciones regionales)Alej<strong>and</strong>ro Arévalo SarceABSTRACTThe current resource allocation model for the acquisition of weapons systems in Chile, based onLaw No. 13 196 on Copper Reserves (LRC) <strong>and</strong> its modifications over time, responds to a specifichistorical context, the last records dating to documents introduced with the creation of the Supreme<strong>Defense</strong> Council (CONSUDENA) in 1941. Comparative models of resource allocation for nationaldefense bring with it a solid organizational structure within the executive branch that includes apermanent relationship with the legislature. The time-cycle characteristics of weapon systemsacquisition <strong>and</strong> deployment tell us that associated resources cannot be in response to circumstantial<strong>Security</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Defense</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> <strong>Review</strong> 2009/Edición 2009/ Edicão 2009/ Volume 9, Issues 1 & 2 143

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