Artículo World Politics Review, 20.07.2022 Alexander Clarkson, profesor de estudios europeos (King’s College-London)Just days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Europe still reeled in shock, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared that it was time for what he called a Zeitenwende, or sea change, in how the country approaches national and collective defense. Announcing huge increases in...
Russian Corruption Is an Urgent Security Threat
Artículo Foreign Policy, 05.07.2022 Nathalie Loiseau (eurodiputada francesa) y Peter Meijer (congresista norteamericano)
Western agencies need funding and power to tackle the Kremlin’s influence
Europeans will remember Feb. 24 the same way that Americans remember 9/11. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine shocked and horrified Europeans. And, as in the aftermath of the attack on...Cumbre de la OTAN: Hacia una alianza global
Columna El Mercurio, 26.06.2022 Juan Pablo Toro V., director ejecutivo de AthenaLabCon una nueva guerra azotando a Europa, la alianza militar que se constituyó justamente para impedirlas se reúne la próxima semana en Madrid, donde está previsto que se dé a conocer un nuevo “Concepto estratégico”, que debe guiar su accionar durante los próximos inciertos años. La...
NATO Allies Are Rethinking Russia’s Supposed Military Prowess
Artículo Foreign Policy, 07.06.2022 Robbie Gramer y Amy Mackinnon, reporteros
But Russia’s early military failures in Ukraine don’t make it any less dangerous, military analysts warn.
During his decade and a half at the Pentagon, Christopher Skaluba read countless reports and assessments on the Russian military and how it squared up against NATO forces. Now that he...Putin Hasn’t Gone Far Enough for Russia’s Hawks
Artículo Foreign Policy, 27.05.2022 Amy Mackinnon, reportera de seguridad nacional e inteligencia
Discontent about the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is growing inside Russia—but it’s not coming from dissidents, who have been jailed or forced into exile. Instead, it’s coming from hawkish veterans groups and military bloggers in Russia, who are expressing growing agitation with the slow pace...
Russia’s Military Was Doomed by Putin’s Culture of Militarism
Artículo World Politics Review, 25.05.2022 Alexander Clarkson, profesor en estudios europeos (King’s College London)At least once at every conference about an international security crisis, in the midst of debate, a participant will suddenly lean back and quote Carl von Clausewitz in a booming voice to underscore a tenuous point. Sometimes, in order to demonstrate that they...
Why China Is Paranoid About the Quad
Artículo Foreign Policy, 17.05.2022 Raja Mohan, académico indio (Asia Society Policy Institute) y columnista
Beijing has long lived with U.S. alliances in Asia, but a realigned India would change the game.On the face of it, China’s persistent campaign against India’s ties with the United States, its characterization of the Quad as an “Asian NATO,” and its blistering...
La doctrina de la contención, actualizada por la invasión a Ucrania
Columna Clarín, 10.05.2022 Juan Battaleme, profesor de RRII (UBA-UCEMA)George Kennan, embajador estadounidense en Moscú, escribió en los albores de la Guerra Fría “El largo telegrama”, núcleo de la Estrategia de la contención, que estableció las acciones necesarias en el plano político y militar para enfrentar a la Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas, conocido como el Documento...
Cuándo y por qué América Latina dejó de comprar armamento a Rusia
Crónica BBC News, 27.04.2022 Gerardo LissardyUnos años atrás, Rusia se erigía como un vendedor clave de armamento en América Latina: proveía desde aviones cazas a Venezuela hasta helicópteros de combate a Brasil y distintos tipos de misiles a Perú o Ecuador. Esto fue visto como una señal del interés del presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, en cultivar lazos...
How rotten is Russia’s army?
Editorial The Economist, 29.04.2022
The might of the modern Russian army was supposed to show the world that Russian President Vladimir Putin had restored his country to greatness after the humiliation of the Soviet collapseInstead, poor progress and heavy losses in Ukraine have exposed deep flaws within Russia. For those threatened by Putin’s aggression, a diminished...