Blog La Tercera, 20.07.2015 Juan Francisco Coloane, sociólogo y analista internacionalEl 14 de julio pasado, después de dos años de negociaciones, el grupo de potencias denominado Grupo 5 + 1, formado por China, Estados Unidos, Francia, Reino Unido y Alemania ha logrado lo que décadas de tensión y desestabilización colateral no habían logrado. Consiste en un acuerdo...
Iran Is No ‘Strategic Ally’
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...
A Solution for Syria
Análisis OpenDemocracy, 16.07.2015 Bassma Kodmani, director ejecutivo de Arab Reform InitiativeSyria is central to the security and future of the Middle East, but conditions for a resolution of the Syrian conflict through a political solution do not exist. An excerpt from a NOREF expert analysis. Creating the conditions for a political solution Syria is known to Arabs as the heart...
Russia’s Role in Iran: Another Dimension of the Pivot to the East
Artículo European Energy Review, 24.06.2015 Irina MironovaRussia is experiencing series of problems in its relations with the West; political contradictions, economic troubles exacerbated by the sanctions; diminishing demand for Russia’s energy recourse supplies in traditional markets are among reasons which justified Russia’s ‘pivot to Asia’. In this context, we are often discussing the role of growing economies...
Una bomba nuclear saudita?
Columna La Razón, 20.06.2015 Fareed Zakaria, analista internacional¿No podría Arabia Saudita simplemente comprar una bomba nuclear? Eso es altamente improbable De los distintos aspectos desconcertantes respecto al futuro de Medio Oriente, no cabe duda de que una carrera de armas nucleares estaría a la cabeza. Para alimentar aún más esta inquietud, el reino de Arabia Saudita ha estado...
Doble estándar en Derechos Humanos
Editorial La Nación, 16.05.2015La activa Fundación Friederich Naumann organizó en Lima, Perú, un importante seminario regional en el que expositores de distintos países latinoamericanos se refirieron al doble estándar utilizado en materia de derechos humanos en la Argentina, Bolivia y Venezuela, entre otros países, así como al preocupante crecimiento del autoritarismo en la región.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (I – 2)
Analysis Stratfor Global Intelligence Part I, 28.04.2013 Part II, 30.10.2013The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Part 1: An Unconventional Military Editor's Note: In light of the April 28 boarding of a Maersk Line ship in the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian naval forces belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Stratfor is republishing its detailed October 2012 report on the elite...
Did Money Seal Israeli-Saudi Alliance?
Informe Consortiumnews, 15.04.2015 Robert Parry, periodista norteamericanoThe odd-couple relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel may have been sealed with more than a mutual desire to kiss-off Iran. According to an intelligence source, there was a dowry involved, too, with the Saudis reportedly giving Israel some $16 billion. For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia has tried...