Artículo World Politics Review, 20.07.2022 Alexander Clarkson, profesor de estudios europeos (King’s College-London)Just days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Europe still reeled in shock, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared that it was time for what he called a Zeitenwende, or sea change, in how the country approaches national and collective defense. Announcing huge increases in...
Russia, Ukraine, and the decision to negotiate
Blog Brookings, 01.08.2022 Steven K. Pifer, embajador (r) y académico norteamericano (Brookings)With an ugly war of attrition in Ukraine threatening to drag on for months, some fear possible escalation and suggest Washington should start talking to Moscow about a cease-fire and ending the war, or offer proposals to foster diplomatic opportunities. Ending the fighting may well require...
Johnson vs Putin: dos conductas
Columna Wall Street Journal International Magazine, 21.07.2022 Samuel Fernández Illanes, abogado (PUC), embajador (r) y profesor (U. Central)
Actitudes que se trasladan al panorama internacional
Si procuramos dejar a un lado teorías, análisis internacionales y de seguridad, para esta vez centrarnos en solo dos conductas personales, aparentemente desconectadas entre sí, pero muy reveladoras, tal vez al compararlas, terminaríamos...Cumbre de la OTAN: Hacia una alianza global
Columna El Mercurio, 26.06.2022 Juan Pablo Toro V., director ejecutivo de AthenaLabCon una nueva guerra azotando a Europa, la alianza militar que se constituyó justamente para impedirlas se reúne la próxima semana en Madrid, donde está previsto que se dé a conocer un nuevo “Concepto estratégico”, que debe guiar su accionar durante los próximos inciertos años. La...
What the Fall of Empires Tells Us About the Ukraine War
Artículo Foreign Policy, 22.06.2022 Anatol Lieven, académico del Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Russia’s war can only be understood as a bloody post-imperial conflict.
The Soviet Union is commonly described in the West as the Soviet empire or even Russian empire and in key respects this was indeed the case. During the Cold War, Moscow occupied and...OTAN: una reunión con intríngulis
Blog Republica, 28.06.2022 Inocencio F. Arias, embajador (r) y columnista españolVarios palmeros monclovitas y algún comentarista contaban estos días como una gozosa noticia que Biden celebraría una reunión con Sánchez. Prueba de que nuestro presidente está en el gremio de los estadistas que cuentan. El argumento era cateto e infantil. No era concebible que el jefe de...
El Papa elige a Putin y Xi
Columna Infobae, 21.06.2022 Felipe Frydman, economista argentino, exembajador y consultor del CARIEn un encuentro con directores de revistas europeas jesuitas, el Papa Francisco confirmó su adhesión a la Alianza conformada por Vladimir Putin y Xi Jinping para enfrentar a las democracias occidentales. Durante su exposición hizo mención al relato de Caperucita Roja para afirmar que no hay...
NATO Allies Are Rethinking Russia’s Supposed Military Prowess
Artículo Foreign Policy, 07.06.2022 Robbie Gramer y Amy Mackinnon, reporteros
But Russia’s early military failures in Ukraine don’t make it any less dangerous, military analysts warn.
During his decade and a half at the Pentagon, Christopher Skaluba read countless reports and assessments on the Russian military and how it squared up against NATO forces. Now that he...What The West (Still) Gets Wrong About Putin
Artículo Foreign Policy, 04.06.2022 Tatiana Stanovaya, académica (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) y CEO (R.Politik)One of the reasons it’s so difficult to understand Russian intentions—and what is at stake in the Ukraine war—is the significant divergence between how external observers see events and how they are viewed from the Kremlin. Things that appear obvious to some,...
Sweden and Finland’s NATO Bids Hit a Roadblock Named Erdogan
Columna World Politics Review, 23.05.2022 Paul Poast, profesor de ciencia política y académico del Chicago Council on Global AffairsAs of last week, NATO seemed well on its way to expanding, when Finland and Sweden formally submitted their applications for membership. When they officially join, becoming the 31st and 32nd member of the alliance, it could potentially...