Archivo «Viernes, 03/sep/2010»
By George Bisharat, a professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestinian Studies (THE WASHINGTON POST, 03/09/10):
“Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” pundits occasionally ask. But after these latest Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington fail — as they inevitably will — the more pressing question may be: “Where is the Israeli de Klerk?” Will an Israeli leader emerge with the former South African president’s moral courage and foresight to dismantle a discriminatory regime and foster democracy based on equal rights?
For decades, the international … Seguir leyendo
By Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union and Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (THE WASHINGTON POST, 03/09/10):
Since 2001, the United States has been carrying out “targeted killings” in connection with what the Bush administration called the “war on terror” and the Obama administration calls the “war against al-Qaeda.” While many of these killings have been carried out on battlefields in Afghanistan or Iraq, our government has increasingly been employing lethal force in places far removed from any zone of armed conflict, effectively carrying out executions without trial … Seguir leyendo
By Denis Corboy, former European Commission ambassador to Georgia and Armenia and director of the Caucasus Policy Institute at Kings College London; William Courtney, a former U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia and Kenneth Yalowitz, former U.S. ambassador to Belarus and Georgia and director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/09/10):
The Black Sea is a cradle of civilization, trade and cultures, but today it is also a region of unresolved conflicts, porous borders and rivalries.
Terrorism and insurgency are spreading across the North Caucasus, abetted by fighters from … Seguir leyendo
By Reinhard Bütikofer, a German member of the European Parliament, sits on its committee on industry, research and energy and its delegation for relations with the United States (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/08/10):
In the race for green tech, the leading position of Europe and the United States is coming under new pressure.
During the summer break, China’s commerce ministry cut export quotas for so-called rare earth elements by 72 percent for the second half of this year.
This has serious implications. Rare earth elements are playing a rapidly growing role in our drive toward a high-tech, low-carbon economy, … Seguir leyendo
By Peter Chalk, a senior analyst at the RAND Corporation (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/09/10):
Every 12 hours last year young men boarded motorized skiffs and hijacked vessels on the waterway used by 24,000 ships around the Horn of Africa. Pirate gangs have accrued $150 million in ransom to date, about $4 million per ship. Their take is likely to swell before year’s end. Somali gangs now hold 18 vessels and 379 crew members for ransom.
How do scruffy vagabonds as young as 16 overpower freighters and defy patrolling warships? And how, even when captured, do these modern pirates … Seguir leyendo