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Britain on the Leash with the United States – but at Which End?

Artículo
Strategic-Culture, 13.10.2018
James George Jatras, ex diplomático norteamericano y asesor internacional del liderazgo republicano 
(Senado)
  • The “special relationship” between the United States and the United Kingdom is often assumed to be one where the once-great, sophisticated Brits are subordinate to the upstart, uncouth Yanks
Iconic of this assumption is the mocking of former prime minister Tony Blair...
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In Trade, as in Foreign Policy, America Goes for ‘Broke’

Artículo
Strategic-Culture, 09.10.2018
Alastair Crooke, ex diplomático británico y director fundador de Conflicts Forum (Beirut)
Trump’s Administration is putting its ‘all’ on red on the roulette wheel of a radically leveraged US trade and foreign policy.  It is a bet that a ruthless ‘no prisoners taken’ pursuit of naked US commercial interest can restore American economic hegemony.  But,...
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I didn’t do anything wrong in the first place

Reseña de libro
London Review of Books, Vol. 40 (19), 11.10.2018
David W. Runciman, académico y profesor de política e historia (U. de Cambridge)
[caption id="attachment_33901" align="alignleft" width="199"] "Fear: Trump in the White House" Boby Woodward, 2018[/caption] Some political theorists dislike the term ‘office politics’, on the grounds that the familiarity of the...
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US-Saudi Relations Enter Unchartered Waters

Artículo
Strategic-Culture, 08.10.2018
Melkulangara Bhadrakumar, ex diplomático indio y colaborador de varios diarios de su país
The disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in mysterious circumstances while on a visit to his country’s consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday still remains unexplained. The plot is thickening by the day. The latest reports suggest that he may not even...
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Trump’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad National Security Team

Artículo
Strategic-Culture, 06.10.2018
James George Jatras, ex diplomático norteamericano y asesor internacional (liderazgo republicano-Senado)
Gareth Porter paints a dismal picture. Time and again, President Donald Trump indicates he wants to do the right thing: get out Afghanistan, get out of Syria, get out of South Korea. Every time, his national security team – the people he appointed – sends...
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If Trump Wants the Ultimate Deal, He Must Not Repeat These Mistakes

Artículo
Foreign Policy, 02.10.2018
Dennis B. Ross (ex embajador-académico Washington Institute) y David Makovsky (Washington Institute)
Israeli-Palestinian peace is elusive because all of the parties, including the United States, have made a series of damaging but preventable errors
Twenty-five years ago, the Oslo peace process was born. The process has endured, but it has failed to produce peace between Israelis and...
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John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81

Obituary
The New York Times, 25.08.2018
Robert D. McFadden
John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a two-time contender for the presidency, died on Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was...
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The Bombings the World Forgot

Reseña de libro
Foreign Policy, Amazon y otros (21.09.2018)
  • Ambassador Prudence Bushnell survived the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. Now she tells her story
[caption id="attachment_33478" align="alignright" width="234"] Prudence Bushnell
"Terrorism, Betrayal, and Resilience: My Story of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings"
Potomac Books, Washington...
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For US, Meddling in Orthodox Church Affairs Is Just Another Tool Against Russia

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Strategic-Culture, 29.09.2018
James G. Jatras, ex diplomático norteamericano y asesor internacional del liderazgo republicano en
el Senado
Probably not many people who follow international affairs think the intricacies of Orthodox Church governance are particularly important
Well, the US Department of State does. Barely a week ago, the State Department, via the statement of a senior official, Ambassador Michael Kozak, publicly...
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