Artículo World Affairs, 17.07.2015 Alan JohnsonWith the nuclear deal done, it was no surprise that Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, everybody’s favorite uncle, has been smiling beneficently. What is astonishing is that Sir Christopher Meyer, British ambassador to the United States from 1997 until his retirement in 2003, has been smiling back. In fact, writing in the Telegraph, Meyer—playing...
Momentous Times for Democracy in Europe
Artículo OpenDemocracy, 13.07.2015 Mary Kaldor, profesora de Governanza Global (London School of Economics & Political Science)The shocking behaviour of the Eurozone leaders in punishing Greece for voting against austerity has alarming implications for the future. Is it too late to put democracy and Europe together again? We are living through momentous...
Cameron advierte de que no quiere un Reino Unido controlado por la UE
Reportaje El País, 26.06.2015 Belén Domínguez CebriánEl primer ministro británico, David Cameron, se ha mostrado "satisfecho" tras la última cumbre de jefes de Estado y Gobierno de la Unión Europea (UE) que se ha celebrado este jueves y viernes en Bruselas. Uno de los temas en la agenda —aunque eclipsado por laestrategia de inmigración y el encallamiento de las negociaciones...
World War II and the Origins of American Unease
Análisis Geopolitical Weekly, 12.05.2015 George Friedman, fundador y presidente de Stratfor Global IntelligenceWe are at the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. That victory did not usher in an era of universal peace. Rather, it introduced a new constellation of powers and a complex balance among them. Europe's great powers and empires...