Archivos de Categoría: Defensa

La foto robada que hizo historia

Reportaje
La Nación, 02.05.2016
Héctor D'Amico
  • Un oficial argentino fotografía el hundimiento del crucero General Belgrano y entrega las fotos a su superior. Cómo después esas imágenes fueron primicia del New York Times, cuando aún acá no se conocía la noticia, fue un secreto militar que esta investigación descubre por primera vez
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On the Ground in Syria: Bloodshed, Misery and Hope

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The New York Times, 30.04.2016
Declan Walsh
On the edge of Aleppo’s ancient citadel, Zahra and her family squatted in a once-grand apartment, now facing rebel lines. Plastic sheets covered its tall windows to shield the space from a sniper’s view; shelling boomed in the distance. Zahra, 25, who gave just one name, flicked between two photos on...
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Crisis de Ucrania: los origenes del caos

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Jot Down, marzo 2015
E.J. Rodríguez
[caption id="attachment_25902" align="alignnone" width="1094"]Soldado de las fuerzas separatistas en Donetsk, este de Ucrania (foto: Corbis) Soldado de las fuerzas separatistas en Donetsk, este de Ucrania (foto: Corbis)[/caption]

El laberinto ucraniano

«Si crees que has entendido la mecánica cuántica, es que realmente no entiendes la mecánica...
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The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

Editorial
The Economist, 15.04.2016
1 Few noticed when intense fighting broke out in early April in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed enclave between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Some 50 people were killed over four days, as tanks, helicopters and artillery lit up a long-forgotten front. The revival of the conflict briefly attracted...
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Los ángeles de Stalin

Artículo
El Mundo, 12.04.2016
Lyuba Vinográdova, escritora rusa
[caption id="attachment_25551" align="alignnone" width="1031"]Mujeres pilotos soviéticas en Stalingrado en el otoño de 1942. Mujeres pilotos soviéticas en Stalingrado en el otoño de 1942.[/caption] Moscú estaba esperando a la Wehrmacht. Los colosales escaparates de la calle Gorki estaban cubiertos con sacos terreros hasta una...
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Afghanistan’s Inexhaustible Insurgency

Análisis
Startfor Global Intelligence, 24.03.2016
After nearly 15 years, the Taliban show no signs of slowing their insurgency in Afghanistan. Hopes that the group would participate in peace talks were recently dashed when it announced it would not do so, even though a small rival Islamist group, Hizb-i-Islami, agreed to be included. Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the...
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The Obama Doctrine

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The Atlantic, abril 2016
Jeffrey Goldberg
  • The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and stepped back...
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The China-North Korea Relationship

Artículo
CFR Backgrounder, 08.02.2016
Eleanor Albert y Beina Xu
[caption id="attachment_22009" align="alignnone" width="921"]Chinese Communist Party official Liu Yunshan with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters Chinese Communist Party official Liu Yunshan with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters[/caption]

Introduction

China is North Korea’s most important ally,...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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CFR Backgrounder, 17.02.2016
Jonathan Masters, segundo editor

Introduction

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a Cold War cornerstone of transatlantic security, has significantly recast its role in the past twenty years. Founded in 1949 as a bulwark against Soviet aggression, NATO has evolved to confront threats ranging from piracy off the Horn of Africa to human trafficking in the...
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