Columna El Deber, 22.05.2016 Gideon Rachman, periodista y analista internacional del Financial TimesEl auge de Donald Trump ha estado acompañado de murmullos predecibles de ‘solo en EEUU’. Pero el fenómeno Trump se entiende mejor como parte de una tendencia mundial: el retorno del ‘hombre fuerte’ a la política internacional. En lugar de encabezar el proceso, EEUU ha...
El neosultanismo se instala en Turquía
Reportaje El País, 11.05.2016 Antonio Elorza
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El presidente Erdogan se muestra determinado a ejercer un poder absoluto, no limitado por la división de poderes ni por las críticas de una prensa libre
Tayyip Erdogan,... A son of the Cultural Revolution
Columna Project-Syndicate, 10.05.2016 Mia Jian, escritor chinoFifty years ago this month, Mao Zedong launched China’s Cultural Revolution – a decade of chaos, persecution, and violence, carried out in the name of ideology and in the interest of expanding Mao’s personal power. Yet, instead of reflecting on that episode’s destructive legacy, the Chinese government is limiting all discussion...
Croatia’s Far Right Weaponizes the Past
Artículo Foreign Policy, 06.05.2016 Paul Hockenos
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The new government includes an outspoken apologist for the country's World War II-era fascist regime.
The European Union’s newest member, Croatia, has an unabashed and strong-willed fascist in its new cabinet — one who makes the right-wingers in power in Hungary and Poland look like wimps.... La tragedia shakesperiana de Erdogan: se libra de su Primer Ministro y viejo aliado
Reportaje El Confidencial, 06.05.2016 Pilar Cebrián
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El Presidente turco fuerza la dimisión de Ahmet Davutoglu, el hombre al que él mismo escogió para el cargo, por considerarle maleable. Pero la tensión entre ambos ha ido creciendo
How the World’s Hardest-Working Dictator Won Re-election
Artículo Foreign Policy, 05.05.2016 Siobhán O'Grady, periodista norteamericana
In 1979, Francisco Macías Nguema was enjoying his 11th year in power as president for life in Equatorial Guinea — a tiny, former Spanish colony in central Africa. All in all, things had been going well for the merciless dictator, who... Turkey’s President Pursues Power at Any Price
Análisis Geopolitical Diary. 04.05.2016For Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, meetings are a matter of weekly routine. On Wednesday, however, their usual state meeting was called a day early amid rumors that Davutoglu may step down because of differences with the president. Concerns over Turkey's governmental fractures come as the country juggles...
Authoritarianism in Eritrea and the Migrant Crisis
Análisis CFR Backgorunder, 11.11.2015 Zachary Laub, escritor y editor
Authoritarianism in Eritrea and the Migrant Crisis
Tens of thousands of Eritreans have arrived at Europe's shores in recent years seeking asylum. They make up a significant share of the unprecedented stream of migrants and refugees making their way to the European Union, undertaking dangerous journeys while challenging the...Democracy, Vatican-Style
Artículo Foreign Policy, 11.04.2016 Kaya Oakes, escritora y profesora de UC-Berkeley
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By giving the laity more authority over issues of family life, Pope Francis is embracing a risky strategy for reform.
In the three years since his election, Pope Francis has forcefully called the laity to action on issues like... La cara oculta de Erdogan
Opinión El País, 20.03.2016 Juan Carlos Sanz
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La Turquía a la que la UE suplica ayuda para contener la marea de refugiados ha pasado en una década de las reformas democráticas a los tics de un régimen autocrático
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