Juan Salazar Sparks[1]
Cualquier análisis sobre la actual situación internacional debería reconocer que hay tres grandes "zonas calientes" en el mundo, donde los intereses en juego están desembocando en peligrosos conflictos armados: Ucrania, el Mar de China meridional, y el Medio Oriente.En los primeros dos casos arriba mencionados, advertimos que se trata de pugnas...
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The Risks and Rewards of SCO Expansion
Análisis Council on Foreign Relations, 08.07.2015 William PiekosOn July 9–10, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold its fifteenth summit in Ufa, Russia. At this meeting, the regional grouping—composed of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—will start the process of expansion for the first time with the inclusion of India and Pakistan. An expanded membership will...
The Balkans, Interrupted: The Protests in Macedonia are Only the Beginning
Opinión CFR Snapshot, 10.05.2015 Edward P. Joseph, ex militar, M.A. en RRII y representante de la OSCE en la ex YugoslaviaLike most terrorists, he was young. He had been born in the days just before bitter hatred engulfed his country; not long after his birth, his father had been seized by authorities and killed, along with scores...
Imperial Ambitions: Russia’s Military Buildup
Ensayo World Affairs, junio 2015 Stephen Blank, miembro de American Foreign Policy CouncilIn September 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted that he could, at will, occupy any Eastern European capital in two days. This apparently spontaneous utterance reveals, probably more than Russia’s new official defense doctrine, Moscow’s true assessment of NATO’s capabilities, cohesion, and will to resist....
The Russian Military
Artículo CFR Backgrounder, 20.03.2015 Jonathan Masters, editor adjuntoIntroduction The Russian military suffered years of neglect after the Soviet collapse and no longer casts the shadow of a global superpower. However, the Russian armed forces are in the midst of a historic overhaul with significant consequences for Eurasian politics and security. Russian officials say the reforms are necessary to...
The Secret History of SEAL Team 6: Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines
Reportaje The New York Times,06.06.2015 Mark Mazzetti, Nicholas Kulish, Christopher Drew, Serge F. Kovaleski, Sean D. Naylor y John IsmayThe unit best known for killing Osama bin Laden has been converted into a global manhunting machine with limited outside oversight. They have plotted deadly missions from secret bases in the badlands of Somalia. In Afghanistan,...
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...
“Algo huele mal en Dinamarca”
Editorial OpinionGlobal, 11.05.2015No hemos reparado suficientemente en Chile unas recientes declaraciones del Embajador de la Federación Rusa en Dinamarca, Mikhail Vanin, advirtiendo que si ese país resolvía ser parte del Sistema de Defensa Antimisiles (SDA), con la participación de buques de guerra daneses (de última generación), se constituiría en un "blanco legítimo" para las fuerzas nucleares...
Vladimir Putin, 15 años entre Breznev y Stalin
Reportaje El Mundo, 07.05.2015 Xavier Colás, corresponsal extranjero en MoscúHace 15 años era lunes y en Moscú empezaba una semana y una era. Sonaron 30 salvas de cañón desde las murallas del Kremlin. Dentro, en el Salón de San Andrés, donde estuvo el trono de los zares, se 'coronaba' a Vladimir Putin, presidente interino desde aquel mes...