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....
A Net Assessment of East Asia
Análisis Geopolitical Weekly, 16.06.2015 George Friedman, presidente Stratfor Global IntelligenceWhen I began this series a month ago, I pointed out that the most significant feature of the global system currently is the ongoing destabilization of the Eurasian land mass, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the Arabian Sea. One important aspect of this...
The New Containment: Undermining Democracy
Ensayo World Affairs, mayo/junio 2015 Christopher Walker, director de estudios (Freedom House)Nearly seven decades ago, George F. Kennan authored a seminal article that argued for a policy of containment to combat the spread of Soviet influence. Kennan’s essay came at a time when the Soviet Union, a frenemy to the West during World War II, was becoming...
Populismo latinoamericano (II): Ideologización de las Cancillerías
Juan Salazar Sparks[1]
Una de las consecuencias más claras del populismo latinoamericano (en cualquiera de sus variantes) es el debilitamiento de las instituciones, que son reemplazadas por un régimen de "democracia directa". Ello, porque su objetivo central es el afianzamiento del líder con respecto a toda otra base de poder y de legitimidad en...
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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...
Prelude to a Japanese Revival
Artículo Geopolitical Weekly, 28.04.2015 John Minnich analista político y económico (U. de Cornell)Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in Washington, the third stop on his maiden voyage to the United States since assuming office in 2012. Over the next two days, he will hold a summit with U.S. President Barack Obama on U.S.-Japanese defense and trade cooperation,...
La preocupante situación de Chile y de su imagen internacional
Editorial OpiniónGlobal, 05.05.2015El país está experimentando una compleja situación interna, fruto de la crisis de confianza creada por la extendida corrupción política, que está afectando también a nuestra imagen internacional. Frente a ello, da la impresión que el gobierno y la Nueva Mayoría (NM) está aplicando la "política del avestruz"; esto es, de acuerdo al refrán...
Política exterior chilena y comunicaciones
Jaime Undurraga M.[1]
Quisiera comenzar haciendo dos disquisiciones previas al tema enunciado. En primer lugar, estoy plenamente consciente que, en las relaciones diplomáticas, debe existir necesariamente la prudencia y el cuidado para que una serie de conversaciones en curso funcionen, sean eficaces y lleguen a los resultados buscados por las partes. Por eso, el...
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