Resumen

GHOTME, Rafat Ahmed Ghotme. Actores no estatales y la política internacional: el caso de Al-Qaeda frente a la hegemonía norteamericana. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2013, vol.9, n.18, pp.9-30. ISSN 1870-3569.

In this article we will see that the actions of Al-Qaeda can be studied using a realistic link with the international system dominated by states. We will hold that these actors try to promote or to accelerate the changes in the structure of power, where there stands out the American hegemony and the search for balance by various actors that implement asymmetric strategies as counter-hegemonic responses.

Palabras llave : Al-Qaeda; asymmetric strategies; hegemony; balance of power; United States; revisionists states.