Análisis Geopolitical Weekly, 20.10.2015 Rodger Baker, MBA en historia militar de la U. de NorwichWords matter in seeking to explain the actions of states and individuals and to divine the response that would best protect the national (or business or personal) interest. Complexities abound, and assertions based on minimal facts often must be made. Oversimplification is frequently a...
How the West Underestimated Russia’s Military Power
Opinión The Diplomat, 17.10.2015 Franz-Stefan Gady, editor adjunto y senior fellow del East-West Institute
- Focusing on shortcomings in equipment made Western military analysts underestimate Moscow’s military capacity.
Is Putin Really as Foolish as We Are?
Artículo Fair Observer, 15.10.2015 John Feffer, autor y co-fundador de Foreing Policy in Focus (Institute for Policy Studies)Putin’s attempt at “shock and awe” in Syria has all the hallmarks of failed US interventions of the past. [caption id="attachment_15358" align="alignnone" width="490"]
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Richard Nixon lied. Surely this is... Who is a Better Strategist: Obama or Putin?
Artículo Foreign Policy, 09.10.2015 Stephen M. Walt, profesor de RRII en la U. de HarvardPitting a former KGB agent against a former community organizer and seeing what happens in SyriaThat’s not quite the right question, of course, because both leaders depend to some degree on intelligence reports and advice from trusted advisors and not just their own...
Forecasting Japan (IV): 25 Years Later
Análisis Stratfor Global Intelligence, 01.10.2015Summary 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 orderIn the coming years, Japan will transition out of its slow-burning state of crisis as it seeks to make a radical break...
Paraguay y Bolivia comparten un destino geopolítico común
Editorial ABC Color, 29.09.2015Han transcurrido 83 años desde el fin de la épica batalla de Boquerón que, con ser la primera librada en la Guerra del Chaco, estaba sin embargo destinada a marcar el vuelco del destino a favor de las armas paraguayas en “el más enigmático de todos los conflictos americanos”, al decir del historiador...
Forecasting Japan (III): The Failure of Reform
Análisis Stratfor Global Intelligence, 30.09.2015Summary 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 orderAs the strategic situation in the Pacific changes, Japan will be forced to adapt. Tokyo will need to pull the...
Reflexiones sobre la relación bilateral. La demanda de Bolivia contra Chile
Artículo Anuario de Derecho Público 2015 de la UDP Eduardo Rodríguez G., abogado, profesor universitario y ex embajador chileno en Japón y ArgentinaIntroducción La historia de las relaciones chileno bolivianas, ha estado jalonada de diversas y agudas disidencias de naturaleza política, jurídica y económica. Este proceso ha llevado estos vínculos, en la segunda década del siglo XXI,...
La Canciller que maneja la política exterior de Venezuela como un auto chocador
Reportaje El Mercurio, 19.09.2015 Gaspar Ramírez[Delcy Rodríguez fue directora de Asuntos Internacionales del Ministerio de la Energía y Minas en 2003, y vicecanciller para Europa en 2005]"Estados Unidos persiste en desestabilizar gobiernos legítimos y constitucionales empleando agentes y violencia terrorista", respondió la canciller venezolana Delcy Rodríguez a los cuestionamientos que el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., John...
1945: Asia’s Powers Converge at Okinawa
Análisis Stratfor Global Intelligence, 06.09.2015On Sept. 7, 1945, Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Islands officially surrendered to the Americans on the island of Okinawa. U.S. forces spent more than 80 days between April and June 1945 taking the island. The battle ended with 300,000 military and civilian casualties, the death of U.S. Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar...