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contender states
geopolitics
color revolutions
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The present paper will tackle the complex problem of the relationship between the “color revolutions” and international relations. Firstly, it will be attempted to explore the definition itself of the political phenomenon known as the color revolution. Then, it will be analyzed the intrinsic relationship between the formers and the programs of democracy promotion, as well as the strategic importance of the latter. And lastly, it will be analyzed the significance of the notion of Samuel Huntington´s “civilizational faultlines” to understand the programs of democracy promotion and “color revolutions” within the conflictive scheme between the western geopolitical block and the possible “contending states” in contemporaneity from a standpoint linked to Kees Van der Pijl´s analysis.
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