Análisis Stratfor Global Intelligence, 29.09.2015Summary Since the end of the Cold War, the Pacific Rim has seen China rise and Japan stagnate. However, Japan is approaching an epochal shift that will enable it to challenge the current order. This analysis is the second in a four-part a series that forecasts the nature of that shift and the...
Britain’s Status as a Trading Nation Ties It to Europe
Análisis Geopolitical Weekley, 08.09.2015 Mark Fleming-Williams, analista financiero y MBA de la U. de LeedsAt some point in the next two years, British voters will decide whether to remain a part of the European Union. This will be the first time Britons have been consulted on the subject since 1975, when 67 percent voted to stay in....
The Crisis of our Crises
Opinión Project-Syndicate, 07.09.2015 Jeremy Adelman, director del Global History Lab en la U. de PrincetonAt first glance, today’s major international crises seem to have little in common. Some, such as Greece’s debt drama, are economic disasters; others, like Syria’s implosion, are characterized by brutality and political chaos; and still others, most notably Ukraine’s predicament, fall somewhere in...
Is Brazil Making Progress on Inequality?
Análisis World Economic Forum, 07.09.2015 Gemma Corrigan, economista y asociada seniorLike many countries in Latin America, Brazil has had some success in reducing poverty and inequality over the last two decades – in contrast to the global trend of widening gaps between rich and poor, which has become a growing concern since the financial crisis....
The Chinese Communist Party
Artículo CFR Backgrounders, 17.11.2014 Beina Xu y Eleanor Albert, escritora editoraIntroduction The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of modern China, boasting more than eighty-six million members. In 2012, the CCP underwent a pivotal once-in-a-decade power transition that saw its fifth generation of leaders set the future agenda for the second-largest economy in...
Síndrome del ejecutivo desencantado
Jaime Undurraga M.*
En el último tiempo, me he topado con este síndrome de manera mucho más frecuente de lo que me habría imaginado. ¿En qué consiste? En observar y comprobar que profesionales de mediana edad (40 – 55 años), talentosos, llenos de energía, en cargos ejecutivos importantes, pero de segunda o tercera fila, por lo...
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La reconciliación Washington-La Habana y su impacto en la región
Juan Salazar Sparks[1]
Más de cinco décadas demoró la reanudación de las relaciones diplomáticas entre Cuba y los EEUU.- Los dos factores claves para poner fin al clima de guerra fría imperante entre ellos fueron, por una parte, los ingentes problemas económicos del régimen castrista y, por el otro, el importante giro dado por...
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Cambiar el modelo o cambiar nosotros
Opinión Chile B, 25.03.2014 Enrique Subercaseaux, ex diplomático chileno y gestor cultural“Una sociedad en que cada individuo pinta su imagen y la adora”.“Una sociedad en la que los niños sean verdugos, para que ningún adulto se manche las manos de sangre”.“Una sociedad en la que no hay mierda: todo se diluye en sus cuerpos. Son gentes sin...
Turkey in Danger
Artículo Voltaire Network, 30.07.2015 Thierry Meyssan, intelectual especializado en Relaciones Internacionales y fundador de Voltaire NetworkWhile the Western Press salutes the authorisation given by Turkey to the United States, allowing the US to use its military bases in order to fight Daesh, Thierry Meyssan looks at the nation’s internal tensions. In his view, maintaining Mr. Erdoğan in...
Laudato si’: Well Intencioned, Economically Flawed
Artículo The American Spectator, 19.06.2015 Samuel GreggMost distressing perhaps is Pope Francis’ deeply negative view of free markets.In the lead-up to the release of Pope Francis’ new encyclical Laudato Si’, most commentary focused on its likely-implications for the world’s climate change debate. An effort to influence that discussion—much of which has, like Al Gore, long since faded from...