Isabel Undurraga Matta[1]
Por estos días se ha conmemorado el vigécimo aniversario de una fecha fatídica, sino la que más, de las muchas que jalonaron la historia de la península de los Balcanes durante el siglo XX. Distintas nacionalidades, muy diferentes entre sí, habitaban ese territorio del sureste de Europa hasta el término de...
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Acotaciones sobre la paz del Chaco
Columna La Razón, 29.07.2015 Ramiro Prudencio LizónEs menester dejar bien sentado que la guerra del Chaco no se llevó a cabo por el petróleoEn este mes en que se han cumplido 80 años de la paz del Chaco, es necesario que los bolivianos tengamos una visión más objetiva de ese tremendo suceso y nos desprendamos de mitos...
Quantum Geopolitics
Análisis Stratfor, 28.07.2015 Reva Bhalla, experta en relaciones internacionalesForecasting the shape the world will take in several years or decades is an audacious undertaking. There are no images to observe or precise data points to anchor us. We can only create a picture, and a fuzzy one at best. This is, after all, our basic human empirical...
The Taliban
Resumen ejecutivo CFR "InfoGuide" Presentation, 22.01.2015
- The Taliban has outlasted the world’s most potent military forces and its two main factions now challenge the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- As U.S. troops draw down, the next phase of conflict will have consequences that extend far beyond the region.
A Net Assessment on the Middle East
Análisis Geopolitical Weekly, 09.06.2015 George Friedman, fundador y presidente Stratfor Global IntelligenceThe term "Middle East" has become enormously elastic. The name originated with the British Foreign Office in the 19th century. The British divided the region into the Near East, the area closest to the United Kingdom and most of North Africa; the Far East, which was...
Dos de Fernando
Carta OpinionGlobal, 01.06.2015 Cristián Maquieira A., embajador (r) y director de CEPERIFernando Maquieira Elizalde es mi padre. Nació en Buenos Aires el año 1920 y durante treinta y tres años -entre 1940 y 1973- fue funcionario del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile, siguiendo los pasos de su padre, así como yo seguí los suyos. Era un hombre...
Why Israel Should Not Exist: An Illegitimate consequence of Western Imperialism
Opinión Counterpunch, 19.05.2015 Garry Leech, periodista, escritor y profesor en la Cape Breton University de CanadáBy suggesting that the state of Israel should not exist, I am not being anti-Semitic. I am, however, being anti-Zionist. There is a distinct difference. An anti-Semite is someone who is prejudiced against Jews. An anti-Zionist, on the other hand, is opposed...
Coming to Terms with the American Empire
Opinion Geopolitical Weekly, 14.04.2015 George Friedman, founder and President Stratfor Global Intelligence"Empire" is a dirty word. Considering the behavior of many empires, that is not unreasonable. But empire is also simply a description of a condition, many times unplanned and rarely intended. It is a condition that arises from a massive imbalance of power. Indeed, the empires...
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...
The New World Disorder
Artículo Counterpunch, 17/19.04.2015 Tariq Ali, historiador y escritor pakistaníThree decades ago, with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the South American dictatorships, many hoped that the much talked about ‘peace dividend’ promised by Bush senior and Thatcher would actually materialise. No such luck. Instead, we have experienced continuous wars, upheavals, intolerance and fundamentalisms...