Artículo The New York Review of Books, Vol.62 (12) 2015 George SorosInternational cooperation is in decline both in the political and financial spheres. The UN has failed to address any of the major conflicts since the end of the cold war; the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference left a sour aftertaste; the World Trade Organization hasn’t concluded...
The Rule of Boko Haram
Artículo The New York Review of Books, Vol.62 (12) 2015 Joshua HammerIn early May, during the final days of the hot, dry season, I flew to Yola, the capital of Adamawa State in eastern Nigeria and an apparent safe haven from the Boko Haram insurgency. Over the past year, the radical Islamic fighters had taken over large...
Comprendre les origines de la guerre au Yémen
Reportaje Le Monde, 18.04.2015Depuis le 26 mars, une coalition militaire menée par l'Arabie saoudite bombarde le Yémen. Elle agit à la demande du président Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, chassé du pays par une rébellion et réfugié à Riyad. Les rebelles houthistes, des chiites originaires du nord du pays, cibles des bombardements, sont quant à eux soutenus par l'Iran,...
The U.S. Hand in the Syrian Mess
Opinión Consortiumnews, 20.07.2015 Jonathan Marshall, investigador periodístico independiente(Part I) Neocons and the mainstream U.S. media place all the blame for the Syrian civil war on President Bashar al-Assad and Iran, but there is another side of the story in which Syria’s olive branches to the U.S. and Israel were spurned and a reckless drive for “regime change”.Syria’s current leader,...
La geopolítica de tres ‘zonas calientes’ en el mundo
Juan Salazar Sparks[1]
Cualquier análisis sobre la actual situación internacional debería reconocer que hay tres grandes "zonas calientes" en el mundo, donde los intereses en juego están desembocando en peligrosos conflictos armados: Ucrania, el Mar de China meridional, y el Medio Oriente.En los primeros dos casos arriba mencionados, advertimos que se trata de pugnas...
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Le procès d’Hissène Habré s’ouvre sous tension à Dakar
Reportaje Libération, 20.07.2015 Margot Chevance, enviada especial a Dakar (Senegal)L'ancien dictateur tchadien accusé de crimes contre l'humanité, crimes de guerre et tortures refuse toujours de comparaître. «Courage monsieur le président, on est avec vous», «c’est le procès de la honte», scandent les militants pro-Habré, alors que l’ex-président tchadien accusé de crimes contre l’humanité, crimes de guerre et actes de torture...
What Northern Ireland Teaches Us about Today’s War on Terror
Artículo GlobalPost, 15.07.2015 Corinne Purtill, corresponsal senior en el Reino UnidoIt was the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on London's transport system, and the memorial in Hyde Park was awash in flowers. Fifty-two metal plinths — one for each person killed on London Tube trains and buses on July 7, 2005 — rose against the sunny summer sky....
A Solution for Syria
Análisis OpenDemocracy, 16.07.2015 Bassma Kodmani, director ejecutivo de Arab Reform InitiativeSyria is central to the security and future of the Middle East, but conditions for a resolution of the Syrian conflict through a political solution do not exist. An excerpt from a NOREF expert analysis. Creating the conditions for a political solution Syria is known to Arabs as the heart...
Number of Syrian Refugees Climbs to More than 4 Million
Reportaje The New York Times, 09.07.2015 Nick Cumming-BruceThe number of Syrians who have fled into neighboring countries to escape the civil war has reached more than four million, the United Nations said Thursday, and with the fighting dragging into its fifth year the number is still rising. More than 24,000 people crossed into Turkey to escape fighting in northern Syria in...
The Taliban
Resumen ejecutivo CFR "InfoGuide" Presentation, 22.01.2015
- The Taliban has outlasted the world’s most potent military forces and its two main factions now challenge the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- As U.S. troops draw down, the next phase of conflict will have consequences that extend far beyond the region.