Archivo categoría «Orden Mundial»
Por Tzvetan Todorov, semiólogo, filósofo e historiador de origen búlgaro y nacionalidad francesa. Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia (EL PAÍS, 04/02/12):
El expresidente de Costa de Marfil, Laurent Gbagbo, ha sido trasladado a la prisión de la Corte Penal Internacional en La Haya. Es la primera vez que este Tribunal detiene a un jefe de Estado. ¿Quiere decir eso que la justicia internacional empieza, por fin, a imponerse en todas partes, que la era de la impunidad ha llegado a su fin y los poderosos del mundo deben temblar?
Una pequeña matización que añadir al entusiasmo suscitado por … Seguir leyendo
Por Shlomo Ben Ami, ex ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Israel y actualmente Vicepresidente del Centro Internacional para la Paz de Toledo. Es autor de Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy. Traducido del inglés por Carlos Manzano (Project-Syndicate, 02/02/12):
Desde la publicación en 1918 del primer volumen de La decadencia de Occidente de Oswald Spengler, las profecías sobre la muerte segura de lo que llamó la “civilización fáustica” han sido un tema recurrente para los pensadores y los intelectuales públicos. Se podría considerar que las crisis actuales en los Estados Unidos y en Europa, consecuencia primordialmente … Seguir leyendo
Por Augusto Soto, consultor y profesor en ESADE (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 17/01/12):
Tema: En el último año ha resurgido la cuestión de si el posicionamiento de Pekín ante Occidente obedece a una singularidad estratégica de China.
Resumen: Este análisis, en primer lugar, perfila el reciente posicionamiento chino en relación con el mundo occidental. En segundo lugar, presenta un panorama general de los distintos foros y diálogos internacionales en que participa China como parte de ese impulso.En tercer lugar, reflexiona sobre una probable singularidad estratégica en el ascenso chino.
Análisis: En diciembre Pekín anunció la creación de dos históricos fondos … Seguir leyendo
By Lee Howell, managing director in charge of Global Risks 2012 at the World Economic Forum (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 11/01/12):
Most of us are taught to think about the long-term consequences of our actions, but it is a life lesson that is easily forgotten — both on an individual and an organizational level. This is why, each year, the World Economic Forum poses the question, “What risks should the world’s leaders be addressing over the next 10 years?”
In response, the Global Risks 2012 report presents three “risk cases” that explore facets of a common theme: governance failure … Seguir leyendo
By Philip Taubman, a former New York Times bureau chief in Moscow and Washington and the author of The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 08/01/12):
Over the last three years, as I delved into the world of American nuclear weapons, I felt increasingly as though I had stepped into a time warp. Despite the nearly total rearrangement of the international security landscape since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the rise of Islamic terrorism and the spread of nuclear materials and technology to volatile nations like Pakistan, … Seguir leyendo
By Geoffrey Wheatcroft, the author of The Controversy of Zion, The Strange Death of Tory England and Yo, Blair! (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 01/01/12):
Could there be a single phrase that explains the woes of our time, this dismal age of political miscalculations and deceptions, of reckless and disastrous wars, of financial boom and bust and downright criminality? Maybe there is, and we owe it to Fintan O’Toole. That trenchant Irish commentator is a biographer and theater critic, and a critic also of his country’s crimes and follies, as in his gripping if horrifying book, “Ship of Fools: … Seguir leyendo
By Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and a Permanent Fellow of the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna (Project Syndicate/IWM, 28/12/11):
For a European these days, thinking about the future is disturbing. America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized, and financially indebted. The European Union seems on the brink of collapse, and many non-Europeans view the old continent as a retired power that can still impress the world with its good manners, but not with nerve or ambition.
Global opinion surveys over the last three years consistently indicate that many are turning their backs on … Seguir leyendo
By Gareth Evans, Chancellor of the Australian National University, was Australia’s foreign minister from 1988 to 1996 and is President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group (Project Syndicate, 26/12/11):
Václav Havel, the Czech playwright and dissident turned president, and North Korean despot Kim Jong-il might have lived on different planets, for all their common commitment to human dignity, rights, and democracy. When they died just a day apart this month, the contrast was hard for the global commentariat to resist: Prague’s prince of light against Pyongyang’s prince of darkness.
But it is worth remembering that Manichaean good-versus-evil typecasting, to … Seguir leyendo
By Jaswant Singh, a former Indian finance minister, foreign minister, and defense minister and the author of Jinnah: India – Partition – Independence (Project Syndicate, 23/12/11):
Asia’s economic dynamism is beginning to find a parallel in the region’s diplomacy, particularly where security is concerned. Indeed, we may now be “present at the creation,” as former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson called his memoir, which described the construction of the post-World War II global security order. This time, what is being created is a security order for Asia that reflects its newfound primacy in world affairs, though what that … Seguir leyendo
Por Federico Mayor Zaragoza, presidente de la Fundación Cultura de Paz (EL PAÍS, 15/12/11):
“Ignoramos nuestra verdadera estatura hasta que nos ponemos de pie”. Emily Dickinson
Ni un día más de rodillas. Ni un día más acosados por los mercados. La política debe alzarse.
El mundo a la deriva porque, en lugar de “Nosotros, los pueblos…” de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y las referencias éticas establecidas por la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, aceptó en la década de los ochenta del siglo pasado sustituir los principios democráticos -tan bien establecidos por la Constitución de la … Seguir leyendo
By Carl Bildt is, Foreign Minister of Sweden, and Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Foreign Minister of Mexico (Project Syndicate, 13/12/11):
Indonesia’s parliament has just taken a historic step, one that makes the planet safer from the threat of nuclear weapons. The importance of Indonesia’s decision to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty cannot be overstated. This is a golden opportunity for the remaining eight countries to endorse the CTBT, enabling it to come into legal effect.
For the five decades following World War II, a nuclear test shook and irradiated the planet on average every nine days. This era was … Seguir leyendo
By Terry Jones, a film director, actor and Python Terry-jones.net (THE GUARDIAN, 06/12/11):
In the 14th century there were two pandemics. One was the Black Death, the other was the commercialisation of warfare. Mercenaries had always existed, but under Edward III they became the mainstay of the English army for the first 20 years of what became the Hundred Years war. Then, when Edward signed the treaty of Brétigny in 1360 and told his soldiers to stop fighting and go home, many of them didn’t have any homes to go to. They were used to fighting, and … Seguir leyendo
Por Timothy Garton Ash, catedrático de Estudios Europeos en la Universidad de Oxford e investigador titular en la Hoover Institution de la Universidad de Stanford. Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia (EL PAÍS, 05/12/11):
Poca gente sabe que la tesis doctoral de la London School of Economics (LSE), que lleva el nombre de Saif el Islam Gadafi, ofrece argumentos en favor de la intervención militar que culminó en su captura, detención y posible condena a muerte a manos de lo que quizá se considere justicia en Libia. Es posible que, en su cautividad actual, mientras aguarda comparecer ante el … Seguir leyendo
By Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and author of The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28/11/11):
Around the world, good governance is now in short supply. Democrats and Republicans on the so-called deficit reduction supercommittee in Washington failed to agree even on what they disagree about. There is no consensus among the leaders of euro zone countries on the cause of Europe’s debt crisis, much less on what to do about it.
Nor are major emerging markets blazing a trail toward better governance. China’s leaders accept … Seguir leyendo
By Ed Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation (heritage.org) (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 28/11/11):
With Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issuing threats about America’s planned missile defense for Europe, it may be time to remind the Obama administration why we need such defenses in the first place – in Europe and elsewhere.
Plainly put, we live in a dangerous world, and we need to do everything possible to remain safe.
Iran and North Korea are trying to acquire the ability to target us and our allies with ballistic missiles tipped with nuclear weapons. And they’re not alone: North Korea has provided … Seguir leyendo