Archivo etiqueta «Misiones de Paz»
By Robert A. Pape, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 03/02/12):
As the death toll in Syria has climbed to perhaps 7,000, proponents of humanitarian intervention are asking, quite reasonably, why the West does not intervene as it did in Libya last year. Not only was Libya’s dictator, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, ousted with relatively few Western casualties, but the NATO campaign also set a precedent for successful humanitarian intervention.
In the 63 years since the United Nations adopted a genocide convention in the wake of the Holocaust, world leaders have failed … Seguir leyendo
By Hilde F. Johnson, the special representative of the United Nations secretary-general in South Sudan (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 30/01/12):
An escalation of intercommunal violence has tested the resolve of South Sudan, the world’s newest country, and that of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS.
Extensive patrols by UNMISS over the past three weeks have not found the “trail of corpses” stretching “miles into the bush,” as alleged in some press reports. Parallels drawn to the genocide in Rwanda have been misleading with regard to the unfolding events and do not apply to the U.N.’s response.… Seguir leyendo
Por Jorge Heine, abogado, diplomático, exministro de Estado chileno y catedrático CIGI de Gobernanza Global en la Escuela Balsillie de Asuntos Internacionales en Waterloo, Ontario. Su libro, Fixing Haiti: MINUSTAH and Beyond, está publicado por United Nations University Press (EL PAÍS, 30/09/11):
No ha sido un buen año para los cascos azules en Haití. A las acusaciones de que la epidemia de cólera que le costó la vida a más de 6.000 haitianos se habría originado en las tropas nepalesas, se añade un vídeo reciente mostrando a soldados uruguayos abusando de un adolescente haitiano. Varios políticos haitianos han exigido el … Seguir leyendo
By Ariel Cohen, senior research fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies and international energy policy at the Heritage Foundation (heritage.org) and Robert Nicholson, a member of the Young Leaders program at Heritage (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 29/07/11):
America has sacrificed a lot fighting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan – but we are not alone. The United States and our NATO allies are getting help from places many Americans can’t find on the map.
Late on July 5, an Azerbaijani tanker plane crashed in Afghanistan en route to U.S.-NATO Bagram Air Base with a load of fuel. The United … Seguir leyendo
Por Agustín Muñoz-Grandes, Teniente General del Ejército de Tierra, 2ª Reserva (ABC, 12/07/11):
Hoy, cuando tengo todavía cercana la imagen del sobrio funeral ofrecido por los dos últimos soldados caídos en combate y presidido con el mejor estilo castrense por el Príncipe de Asturias, en la guerra de Afganistán las patrullas del Soria 9 (el regimiento más antiguo de Europa) se estarán adentrando con renovada decisión por el Valle del Murghab para abrir y mantener rutas seguras, que hagan posible la reconstrucción del país. Y hoy ya se oyen voces, poco contrarrestadas, que piden el pronto regreso de nuestras … Seguir leyendo
Par Habib Haider, géographe, et Marie-Paule Nougaret, journaliste et écrivain (LE MONDE, 04/03/11):
Le 21 mars, jour de l’an en Afghanistan, commence le transfert à l’armée afghane de la sécurité du territoire. Le président Karzaï en a ainsi décidé le 7 février à Munich devant l’Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord (OTAN) à la surprise des observateurs. Tout au plus savait-on qu’en 2014 l’Etat afghan assurerait sa propre sécurité et la gestion de l’aide internationale pour la reconstruction.
Hamid Karzaï et le secrétaire général de l’OTAN Anders Fogh Rasmussen se montrent optimistes, bien que d’après les rapports d’experts, … Seguir leyendo
THE NEW YORK TIMES, 01/03/11:
Introduction
As Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces continued their assault on rebels in several cities in Libya, the Pentagon began repositioning Navy warships to support a possible humanitarian or military intervention. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated on Tuesday that establishing a no-flight zone on Libya was “under active consideration,” though such a move would very likely carried out only under a United Nations or NATO mandate. Meanwhile, opposition leaders debated calling on the West for airstrikes under the U.N. banner.
How far should the U.S. and the international community go in intervening in Libya? What … Seguir leyendo
Por Peter Singer, profesor de Bioética en la Universidad de Princeton y profesor laureado en la Universidad de Melbourne. Su libro más reciente es The Life You Can Save.Traducido del inglés por Carlos Manzano (Project Sindícate, 01/03/11):
El mundo ha contemplado horrorizado la utilización por el coronel Muamar el Gadafi de su ejército para atacar a quienes protestan y se oponen a su gobierno y ha matado a centenares o posiblemente miles de civiles desarmados. Muchos de sus propios hombres se han negado a disparar contra su propio pueblo y se han pasado al bando de los rebeldes … Seguir leyendo
By Benjamin de Carvalho, a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) This article was co-written with Ingrid Aune and Randi Solhjell. (THE GUARDIAN, 13/05/10):
A proud nation of peace, Norway has traditionally been one of the staunchest supporters of UN peacekeeping. But this is now turning, as Norway may pull the plug on the entire UN peacekeeping commitment in Chad. By recalling the entire Norwegian medical contingent starting on 15 May, the fate of nearly a 250,000 refugees – many from the Darfur region – will be left uncertain.
The UN force in … Seguir leyendo
Por Luis Feliú Ortega, Teniente General (R). Ex Representante Militar de España en la CPA de Irak. Miembro del Foro de la Sociedad Civil (ABC, 25/04/10):
Está claro que en este caso la causante de la situación en que vive el país ha sido una catástrofe natural y que se ha tratado de un desgraciado accidente, por lo que no hay lugar a discusión de si se trataba de una misión de paz. Sin embargo, no es este el caso del resto de las misiones que desempeñan nuestras Fuerzas Armadas en el exterior, y especialmente desde que comenzó a … Seguir leyendo
By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary-General of Nato (THE TIMES, 28/01/10):
International conferences are ten a penny; many deliver little more than long communiqués and longer speeches. Today, almost 70 world leaders will meet in London to take forward the international effort to bring peace to Afghanistan — and this conference must and will be different. It must deliver results.
The urgency is clear. A few weeks ago 36 countries in the Nato-led Isaf (International Security Assistance Force) mission agreed to send 37,000 more forces, on top of the 80,000 soldiers in Afghanistan. Right now thousands of international forces are … Seguir leyendo
By Carl Bildt, the foreign minister of Sweden and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary general of NATO (THE WASHINGTON POST, 08/01/10):
For decades, Europeans have heard an enduring message from the United States: Do more. Carry your weight. Don’t make America do all the heavy lifting. And this message has been delivered, loud and clear, once again, on Afghanistan.
An honest assessment would conclude that over the years these complaints have occasionally had some foundation. The United States has played a central role in defending the values and the security of the Euro-Atlantic community — something for which Europeans … Seguir leyendo
Por Javier Pery Pardes, Vicealmirante (ABC, 15/12/09):
Ser militar hoy resulta una profesión difícil y nada tiene que ver con la dificultad, mayor o menor, para ingresar en la milicia, sino con lo complicado que resulta en determinados momentos cumplir exactamente con el deber.
A nadie se le escapa que las Fuerzas Armadas de hoy necesitan dotarse de sistemas de armas que permitan a las unidades militares: conocer la situación en la que se mueven, discriminar la presencia de combatientes y no combatientes en el teatro de operaciones, localizar al adversario con precisión, hacer seguimiento de sus movimientos, prevenir … Seguir leyendo
By Frederick W. Kagan, director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute and Kimberly Kagan, president of the Institute for the Study of War. They advised Gen. McChrystal in Afghanistan over the summer, but the views expressed here are their own (THE WASHINGTON POST, 27/11/09):
The president will soon announce the deployment of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan, in a speech likely to emphasize the importance of political progress there. Legitimacy is the most important outcome of a counterinsurgency strategy, not, as some have suggested, an input. It is unfortunate that much of the debate … Seguir leyendo
By Theo Farrell, professor of War in the Modern World at King’s College London (THE GUARDIAN, 09/11/09):
The news from Afghanistan has been grim. The collapse of the second round of the national elections; Hamid Karzai‘s government tainted by corruption; and, last week, five British soldiers killed by a rogue Afghan policeman in Nad-e’Ali. All the while, Washington continues to dither over its strategy. Small wonder that the British public have lost faith in this war: 57% now think it unwinnable.
However, on the ground in Afghanistan things look a little more optimistic. I have just … Seguir leyendo