Archivos de Categoría: Chiíes

Quince años después de Irak

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El País, 02.04.2018
Javier Solana, ex ministro de RREE español, académico (Brookings Institution( y presidente 
de ESADEgeo
Privar al Estado Islámico de su territorio no eliminará la ideología que lo sustenta; es más, podría incluso afianzarla
Hace justo 15 años que dio comienzo uno de los episodios más aciagos de lo que llevamos de siglo: la Guerra de Irak....
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Los planes de Trump para Siria

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OpinionGlobal, 20.01.2018
Riad Fouad Saade, empresario libanés y cónsul honorario de Chile en Beirut
While commemorating the first year of President Trump’s mandate and listening to various comments about his very unconventional policies, at home and worldwide, the Middle East has got its share, a harsh and bloody one. If a pseudo consensus between the USA and Iran...
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Iran’s Efforts to Create Instability Abroad Have Led to Protests at Home

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The National Interest, 11.01.2018
Colin P. Clarke (cientista político) y William Courtney (ex embajador y académico norteamericano)
Participants in the countrywide protests in Iran are urging a retreat from costly foreign fights and more aid at home. Even if regime change does not take place, Tehran’s clerical rulers may have to pull in their horns. But if...
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The US cannot stand alone in Middle East negotiations

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thehill.com, 10.01.2018
Dennis B. Ross, embajador (r) y académico norteamericano (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
Unrest in Iran has dominated news coming out of the Middle East for nearly two weeks. It is a big story, with protests spreading to nearly 80 cities
Iran looked less to be the behemoth whose reach could not be stopped in...
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Iranians Are Mad as Hell About Their Foreign Policy

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Foreign Policy, 02.01.2017
Dennis B. Ross, embajador (r), ex negociador en el Medio Oriente y consejero del Washington Institute
for Near East Policy
Tehran's adventures abroad have triggered anger at home. Here's how American foreign policy can step up
Iran’s leaders are seemingly riding high in the Middle East. They have helped secure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Hezbollah has...
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Entendiendo la ola de protestas en Irán

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Infobae, 01.01.2017
Roberto García Moritán, embajador (r) y ex viceministro de RREE argentino
  • Las protestas parecen apuntar contra la Guardia Revolucionaria iraní o Pasdaran, un contrapeso a las fuerzas armadas regulares, que se han convertido en el centro del poder político...
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Lebanon Independance in a shaky Middle East

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OpinionGlobal, 21.11.2017
Riad Fouad Saade, empresario libanés y cónsul honorario de Chile en Beirut
At the eve of Lebanon’s Independence Day (Nov 22), it is important to note how much this small and marginal country, is at the center of all problems of the Middle East
Simply because it is different than all countries of the region, would...
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The Saudi Prince’s Dangerous War Games

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Project-Syndicate, 17.11.2017
Shlomo Ben-Ami, ex ministro de RREE israelí y vicepresident del Toledo International Center for Peace
Lebanon will become the next battlefield between the Middle East's Sunni and Shia powers
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is working hard to consolidate power and establish his country as the Middle East’s only hegemon. But his efforts –...
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Trump’s Saudi Scheme Unravels

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Consortiumnews.com, 17.11.2017
Alastair Crooke, diplomático destacado en la inteligencia británica y diplomacia UE
  • President Trump and his son-in-law bet that the young Saudi crown prince could execute a plan to reshape the Mideast, but the scheme quickly unraveled revealing a dangerous amateur hour
Aaron Miller and Richard Sokolsky, writing in Foreign Policy, suggest “that Mohammed bin Salman’s most notable success...
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Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Gamble

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Alastair Crooke, ex diplomático británico, con destacado rol en la inteligencia de su país 
y la diplomacia UE, y fundador del Conflicts Forum
Furious over defeat in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is gambling again, arresting rivals at home and provoking a political crisis in Lebanon, but he may lack the geopolitical...
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