El autor de este artículo es Graham E. Fuller, ex vice-presidente del Consejo Nacional de Inteligencia, oficial de operaciones de la CIA durante 20 años y uno de los principales expertos estadounidenses en Oriente Medio. Como consecuencia, su análisis no ofrece concesiones: es directo y clarificador, libre de especulaciones. Si realmente quieres saber lo que sucede […]
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marzo
13
Tito contra Al Qaeda
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Jason M. Brenneman es autor de un libro donde se explica cómo las enseñanzas de la guerra asimétrica emprendida por los partisanos yugoslavos, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ofrece interesantes lecciones sobre cómo librar en la actualidad la Global War On Terrorism (GWOT). Se puede adquirir vía Amazon Asymmetric Warfare: An Analysis of Tito's Yugoslavian […]
febrero
26
Hybrid war: The real reason fighting stopped in Ukraine
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Hybrid war: The real reason fighting stopped in Ukraine – for now http://t.co/dNfYBJ5atr vía @Reuters — Eurasian Hub (@eurasianhub) February 27, 2015
febrero
19
Somalia on the Med
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Somalia on the Med http://t.co/Zw1NqwVnCf — Eurasian Hub (@eurasianhub) February 19, 2015
octubre
08
America and Iran: Always Winter Never Christ-mas
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Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune America and Iran: Always Winter, Never Christmas John Limbert, Middle East Institute, October 7, 2013 In C.S. Lewis’ fantasy land of Narnia, the white witch put a spell on her realm to ensure that there would be perpetual winter and that Christmas would never come. For 34 years American-Iranian […]
China’s Marlboro Country
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China’s Marlboro Country Te-Ping Chen, ICIJ, June 29, 2009 On first approach, Yunxiao seems like any other Chinese backwater caught in uneasy industrial transition. Faded advertisements line the streets downtown, where motorcyclists wearing bamboo-frond hats determinedly vie for passengers in a riot of honking. A cheerful red banner in the city center exhorts citizens to […]
Panarin’s Map
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(Laris Karklis/Washington Post) Source: WorldViews, By Max Fisher and the Washington Post Foreign Staff Professor Igor Panarin became a minor celebrity in Russia when he first unveiled his grim prediction for the future of the United States, which was widely covered by Russian state media and treated as credible. Panarin said the United States would break apart […]
Flash Point in the Eastern Mediterranean
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The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) transits the Suez Canal.- Navy Live Flash Point in the Eastern Mediterranean Will conflict in the Middle East trigger the next great power war? James Stavridis, Foreign Policy, July 19, 2013 This is not a new crisis. The Greek poet Constantine Cavafy lived and wrote in Egypt a […]
The Slow Boat from China
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For consumption to play its proper role in China’s economy, three sets of reforms are essential: services-led job creation, urbanization, and a well-funded social safety net. The objective is to boost the consumption of Chinese citizens from its current share of 35 percent of GDP (by contrast, it is 71 percent in the United States) […]
China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom
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An oil refinery in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, in which China has a stake. China has poured money and workers into Iraq. NABIL AL-JOURANI / Associated PressExxon Mobil China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom By TIM ARANGO and CLIFFORD KRAUSS June 2, 2013 BAGHDAD — Since the American-led invasion of 2003, Iraq has become one of […]
The US In Central Asia: Still An Important Balancer?
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The US In Central Asia: Still An Important Balancer? By Azad Garibov, JTW-USAK, May 28, 2013 For more than a decade after the 9/11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan has been the point of reference for U.S. policy toward Central Asia. American military bases in the region and the region’s role in facilitating the supply […]
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