Archivo «Lunes, 30/ago/2010»
By Stanley A. Weiss, the founding chairman of Business Executives for National Security, a nonpartisan organization based in Washington (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 30/08/10):
It was 62 years ago this week — on Sept. 2, 1948 — when the principles underlying Indonesia’s foreign policy were first articulated. In a Cold War speech to the young republic just emerging from Dutch rule, future Prime Minister Mohammad Hatta asked, “Do we, Indonesians, in the struggle for the freedom of our people and our country, only have to choose between Russia and America?” No, he answered: “We must remain the subject who … Seguir leyendo
By Gadi Taub, an assistant professor of communications and public policy at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the author of The Settlers (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 30/08/10):
Will Israel remain a Zionist state? If so, what kind? These are the important questions in Israeli politics today, and will be looming over the direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority scheduled to begin Thursday in Washington.
The secular Zionist dream was fundamentally democratic. Its proponents, from Theodor Herzl to David Ben-Gurion, sought to apply the universal right of self-determination to the Jews, to set them free individually and collectively … Seguir leyendo
By Nick Kanas, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, an adviser to NASA and the co-author of Space Psychology and Psychiatry (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 30/08/10):
For the past two decades, NASA has been studying what happens to people when they are enclosed in small spaces for long periods of time. The research has yielded insights that might be of use to the 33 Chilean miners, who are likely to be trapped underground for months.
Stay connected: Researchers studying confinement on long Antarctic missions came to believe in a “third quarter phenomenon,” the … Seguir leyendo
By Chrystia Freeland, global editor at large for Thomson Reuters. She is writing a book about the global super-elite (THE WASHINGTON POST, 30/08/10):
Forget the “Ground Zero mosque,” Michelle Obama’s Spanish holiday and even the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. When future historians look back to the summer of 2010, the event they are most likely to focus on is China’s emergence as the world’s second-largest economy.
Mostly, this is a very good thing. The rise of China, and the related, albeit slightly slower, emergence of India, is the story of hundreds of … Seguir leyendo
Par Abdennour Bidar, professeur de philosophie en classes préparatoires à Sophia-Antipolis (LE MONDE, 30/08/10):
La monstrueuse condamnation d’une femme à la lapidation par la République islamique d’Iran donne encore une fois de l’islam une image catastrophique, celle d’une religion archaïque, violente et totalitaire. N’essayons pas en effet de dédouaner la religion islamique du meurtre programmé de Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani en soutenant qu’il s’agit d’une décision politique. Le pouvoir de Mahmoud Ahmadinejad se fonde sur une idéologie reconnue comme celle d’un islam fondamentaliste.
En tant qu’intellectuel musulman, je dois prendre la responsabilité de dire cela haut et fort, en m’insurgeant contre … Seguir leyendo
Par Felipe Calderón, président du Mexique (LE TEMPS, 30/08/10):
J’ai trouvé, en arrivant à la présidence de la République en décembre 2006, une situation d’insécurité croissante en plusieurs points du pays, à laquelle les autorités du moment n’avaient pas apporté de réponse. En outre, les institutions chargées de la sécurité et de la justice, en particulier au niveau des Etats et des municipalités, étaient affaiblies par la cooptation et l’intimidation des organisations criminelles.
De manière focalisée, la violence allait augmentant comme résultat d’une lutte entre les organisations criminelles. Actuellement, neuf homicides sur dix se produisent entre membres de groupes … Seguir leyendo