Opinión Kyiv Post, 04.12.2015 Timothy Garton AshSummary view: The macro economy has stabilised, helped by an IMF programme which seems to be working, plus the valiant efforts of the dream team reform crew. This newfound stability and potential for upside surprises to growth are now seriously under threat by populist forces in parliament and by foot- dragging by...
The Czar vs the Sultan
Opinión Foreign Policy, 25.11.2015 Julia Ioffe, ex editora del New Republican, corresponsal extranjera y columnista
- Putin and Erdogan see themselves as heirs to proud empires. But fighter jets and tough talk can’t mask imperial decline.
Magical Thinking about ISIS
Artículo London Review of Books, Vol.37 (23) 03.12.2015 Adam Shatz, editor y columnistaBefore the Lebanese civil war, Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East. Today, Paris looks more and more like the Beirut of Western Europe, a city of incendiary ethnic tension, hostage-taking and suicide bombs. Parisians have returned to the streets, and to their...
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...
De Bosnia a Ucrania: la necesidad de fortalecer la presencia militar europea
Matías Salazar H.*
Europa no puede continuar dándose el lujo de no considerar, dentro de sus prioridades, la restauración de un sistema de defensa común, a raíz de los cambios estructurales de poder en el sistema mundial, en particular el Powerpolitics (geopolítica neo-imperialista) que muestra la Rusia de Putin en Ucrania.
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Ukraine and Europe: What Shoud be Done?
Artículo New York Review of Books, Vol.62 (15) 08.10.2015 George SorosBecause of the structural defects of the euro, the European authorities have had to become masters of the art of muddling through one crisis after another. This practice is popularly known as kicking the can down the road although it would be more accurate to describe it...
Five Options for the U.S. in Syria
Blog Rand Corporation, 21.10.2015 Brian Michael Jenkins, consejero del presidente de la RAND Corporation
- Syrian President al-Assad made a surprise visit to Moscow on October 20, 2015, to thank Russian President Putin for launching air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria
Geopolitics and the Pitfalls of Provocation
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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