Orden Marítimo y Orden Mundial. La Dimension Geopolitica de la CNUDM*

Abstract

Abstract: The terms "geopolitics" and "world order" are often used indistinctly and interchangeably to refer to international disorder and territorial disturbances. Hence the call for a geopolitical order or the characterization of the state of international relations as a "geopolitical recession." Given that the oceans are the planet's dominant ecosystem, it is interesting to question the "maritime order" and "ocean geopolitics" which, although receiving less attention, have undergone major changes. This statement is based on the premise that UNCLOS is the regulatory framework in which changes have been generated that modify the territorial base of the State and the distribution of territorial power in the world, constituting an exception in the succession of changes of a geopolitical nature that have taken place in the field of international relations in recent history (the prevailing liberal world order). This article presents some of the effects derived from the drafting of the Convention which, although placing the State as a central element, also acquire a regional dimension and can be observed as geopolitical categories. These different case studies highlight the capacity of UNCLOS as a driver of geopolitical change and of the configuration of the spatial structures that organize maritime space.

Keywords: Maritime Order, World Order, Geopolitics, UNCLOS.