Obituario El Mundo, 28.09.2016 Fernando Palmero
Intriguing for peace
Editorial The Economist, 01.10.2016
Shimon Peres, an Israeli statesman, died on September 28th, aged 93
He outlived all his country’s other founding fathers, but failed in what he most yearned for: to lead it into a lasting peace. Missed opportunities dogged Shimon Peres’s career. He gained the highest offices—prime minister, twice, and president—but the political arithmetic invariably went...Ariel Sharon Obituary
Obituario The Guardian, 12.01.2014 Lawrence Joffe
Israel's prime minister and wartime general who bestrode his country's history for more than 50 years
Few global figures were as compelling as Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli prime minister who has died aged 85. A remarkable blend of maverick and mainstay, he fought in all of Israel's main wars and gave the impression...Qué pasa en la Turquía de Erdogan?
Columna OpinionGlobal, 03.07.2016 Riad Fouad Saade, empresario y analista político libanésHabiéndose desempeñado exitosamente como Alcalde de Estambul entre 1994 y 1998, luego condenado a 10 meses de prisión por los militares acusado de intolerancia religiosa (islámica), Recep Tayyip Erdogan pudo afirmarse en definitiva como hombre de Estado. En diez años de gobierno colocó a Turquía en la senda del desarrollo,...
The Geopolitics of the Palestinians
Análisis Stratfor Global Intelligence, 15.05.2011Analysis Dealing with the geopolitics of a nation without a clearly defined geography is difficult. The within which Palestinians currently live is not the area they claim as their own, nor are their current boundaries recognized as legitimate by others. The Palestinians do not have a state that fully controls the territory in...
La politique étrangère européenne: quel bilan?
Análisis La Revue Geopolitique, 02.06.2016 Maxime Lefebvre, diplomático francés y profesor (Sciences Po)
- Voici un bilan inédit de l’action de l’Union européenne en matière de politique étrangère. A la fois ample et précis, Maxime Lefebvre sait distinguer l’essentiel de l’accessoire. Il brosse un tableau nuancé et dynamique. Voici un document de référence pour qui veut avoir une vue...
Legacy of former Israeli PM sees revival decades after his death
Columna Al Monitor, 21.03.2016 Mazal Mualem, corresponsal y columnista israelíAlmost 2½ decades have passed since the death of Menachem Begin, Israel’s sixth prime minister. Still, the former Likud leader who retired suddenly under rather inexplicable circumstances is making a comeback in Israeli politics. On March 9, which marked the 24th anniversary of Begin’s death, it was hard...
The Nuclear Near East!
Opinión Information Clearing House, 17.03.2016 Thierry Meyssan, periodista y activista político francés
While the West was applying pressure on Iran to abandon its civilian nuclear programme, the Saudis were buying the atomic bomb from Israel or Pakistan. In 1979, Israel completed the final adjustments to its atomic bomb, in collaboration with the apartheid régime of South Africa....
A Path Out of the Middle East Collapse
Opinión The Wall Street Journal, 17.10.2015 Henry A. Kissinger, ex consejero nacional de seguridad y ex secretario de estadoThe debate about whether the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran regarding its nuclear program stabilized the Middle East’s strategic framework had barely begun when the region’s geopolitical framework collapsed. Russia’s unilateral military action in Syria is the...
Israel’s Chance to Forge a Two-State Peace Amid Terrorism
Opinión The World Post, 25.10,2015 Ronald S. Lauder, presidente del Congreso Mundial JudíoAfter weeks of horrific violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas separately last week. It is about time for the Obama administration to re-engage in the Middle East...