Análisis Geopolitical Weekly, 20.10.2015 Rodger Baker, MBA en historia militar de la U. de NorwichWords matter in seeking to explain the actions of states and individuals and to divine the response that would best protect the national (or business or personal) interest. Complexities abound, and assertions based on minimal facts often must be made. Oversimplification is frequently a...
How the West Underestimated Russia’s Military Power
Opinión The Diplomat, 17.10.2015 Franz-Stefan Gady, editor adjunto y senior fellow del East-West Institute
- Focusing on shortcomings in equipment made Western military analysts underestimate Moscow’s military capacity.
Ukraine’s Turmoil Is a Gift for the Last Dictator of Europe
Artículo Foreign Policy, 16.10.2015 Amy MacKinnon, periodista independiente escocesaThe wily president of Belarus is secure at home and newly prominent abroad. Here's how he exploited Ukraine's revolution. [caption id="attachment_15519" align="alignnone" width="3272"]
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Ukraine’s Turmoil Is a Gift for the Last Dictator of Europe
Artículo Foreign Policy, 16.10.2015 Amy MackinnonThe wily president of Belarus is secure at home and newly prominent abroad. Here's how he exploited Ukraine's revolutionEven before polling had opened in last Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus, there was little doubt about who would win. Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko was duly reelected to his fifth term with over 83...
Is Putin Really as Foolish as We Are?
Artículo Fair Observer, 15.10.2015 John Feffer, autor y co-fundador de Foreing Policy in Focus (Institute for Policy Studies)Putin’s attempt at “shock and awe” in Syria has all the hallmarks of failed US interventions of the past. [caption id="attachment_15358" align="alignnone" width="490"]
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Richard Nixon lied. Surely this is... Who is a Better Strategist: Obama or Putin?
Artículo Foreign Policy, 09.10.2015 Stephen M. Walt, profesor de RRII en la U. de HarvardPitting a former KGB agent against a former community organizer and seeing what happens in SyriaThat’s not quite the right question, of course, because both leaders depend to some degree on intelligence reports and advice from trusted advisors and not just their own...
La guerra de Crimea y la carga de la Brigada Ligera
Isabel Undurraga Matta[1]
Dos hechos de actualidad ameritan la presente columna histórica: por un lado, las guerras religiosas en el Medio Oriente y, por el otro, el conflicto por la península de Crimea en el Mar Negro, recientemente anexada por Rusia. En el primer caso, chiíes y suníes combaten en Irak, Siria y Yemen,...
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Hitler tiene futuro
Opinión El País, 10.10.2015 Lluís BassetsLa llegada de centenares de miles de refugiados a Europa permite certificar la certeza de las teorías de Snyder, autor de 'Tierra negra. El Holocausto como historia y advertencia'Muchos son los historiadores que han indagado sobre el exterminio de los judíos de Europa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, pero ninguno hasta ahora...
Muslims Memories of West’s Imperialism
Informe especial Consortiumnews, 04.09.2015 William R. Polk, historiador, escritor y ex profesor sobre el Medio Oriente en HarvardAmerican politicians know little about history, so they lash out at people from formerly colonized Third World nations without understanding the scars that the West’s repression and brutality have left on these societies, especially in the Muslim worldOne result of...
A More Assertive German Foreign Policy
Análisis Geopolitical Weekley, 04.02.2014 George Friedman y Marc LanthemannThe Ukrainian crisis is important in itself, but the behavior it has elicited from Germany is perhaps more important. Berlin directly challenged Ukraine's elected president for refusing to tighten relations with the European Union and for mistreating Ukrainians who protested his decision. In challenging President Viktor Yanukovich, Berlin also...