Archivo etiqueta «Rusia»
By Leon Aron, director of Russian studies and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author, most recently, of Russia’s Revolution: Essays 1989-2006 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 16/10/10):
The flurry of interviews that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has given in the past few weeks has been thoroughly combed by experts and journalists in search of clues to the million-dollar mystery in Russian politics: Will Putin run in 2012 — or will he let his protégé Dmitry Medvedev serve another term?
There was no “smoking gun” (Putin is too clever for that), but the prime minister … Seguir leyendo
By Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991. He is a founding member of Green Cross International and is on its board (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28/09/10):
In both Russia and the United States, the “reset” in U.S.-Russian relations, to which the leaders of both countries first declared their commitment more than 18 months ago, is now being assessed. Some, often for reasons of domestic politics, are trying to belittle any achievements. Others are wondering whether a new stage in the relationship has truly begun, or whether this is just another … Seguir leyendo
By Charles King, professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University and author of the forthcoming book Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28/09/10):
“I’ll be waiting for you,” she said, almost at the door of the Lubyanka prison in Moscow. “It will be as if you’ve gone to Odessa … only there won’t be any letters.” Those were among the last words of Antonina Pirozhkova to Isaac Babel, her common-law husband and the father of her child.
It was the summer of 1939. Babel had just been taken into custody … Seguir leyendo
By David J. Kramer, a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and an assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor in the George W. Bush administration. The opinions expressed here are his own (THE WASHINGTON POST, 20/09/10):
After opposition protests in Russia were violently suppressed in May, July and August, spokesmen for the National Security Council and the State Department expressed “concern” and “regret” that Russian authorities were not respecting the freedom of assembly. During the May 31 crackdown, one journalist who days before had interviewed NSC Russia expert Michael … Seguir leyendo
Par Joseph Nye, professeur à Harvard et ancien vice-secrétaire américain à la Défense (LE TEMPS, 17/09/10):
Dans les années 1950, beaucoup d’Américains craignaient que l’Union soviétique ne dépasse les Etats-Unis en tant que principale puissance mondiale. Son territoire était le plus vaste de la planète, elle se classait au deuxième rang mondial par son économie et au troisième par sa population, et elle produisait davantage de pétrole et de gaz que l’Arabie saoudite.
Elle détenait près de la moitié de l’arsenal nucléaire mondial, elle disposait de davantage de soldats que les Etats-Unis et elle était le premier pays au … Seguir leyendo
By Linas Linkevicius, (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 09/09/10):
This is the first time Lithuania is participating in a drafting of NATO’s strategic concept, the first to be adopted since the enlargement of the alliance. Naturally we can expect an influx of ideas from the new allies.
The strategic concept will have to explain to our societies what NATO stands for in the 21st century. Allies approach this task from two different perspectives. On the one hand they have to convince their publics that NATO is not a useless relic of the Cold War. On the other hand — and … Seguir leyendo
By Douglas Southgate, a professor at Ohio State University and lead author of the forthcoming second edition of The World Food Economy, Wiley, Nov. 2010 (THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 27/08/10):
Poor wheat harvests in Russia and Ukraine, along with devastating wildfires in Russia, have resurrected fears of a global food crisis. Some have blamed global warming for inducing a severe drought. But the real blame rests with poor agricultural performance over the long term in a region still hampered by communist experimentation. To react by banning exports, as Moscow has done and Kiev is considering, would be counterproductive. Combined … Seguir leyendo
By Vera Pavlova, the author of the collection of poems If There Is Something to Desire. This article was translated by Steven Seymour from the Russian (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 15/08/10):
Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. I concentrate on breathing through the surgeon’s mask, and that becomes an effort in itself. Not a simple effort, but difficult and all-important. After a while I am busy doing only that: breathe in, breathe out.
I have just arrived in Moscow. I hear the voice of a TV announcer describing the combined effects of record heat and nearby … Seguir leyendo
Por Yevgenia Albats, profesora de Política en la Higher School of Economics y editora de The New Times Magazine (LA VANGUARDIA, 15/08/10):
Desde hace un mes, Moscú viene ardiendo con un calor de 40 grados y una nube de contaminación pesada y pegajosa que irrita los ojos. Los índices de monóxido de carbono han alcanzado niveles críticos, con una concentración seis veces por encima del máximo permisible. Otras sustancias tóxicas están nueve veces por encima del nivel normal.
En los primeros días de agosto, un periodista llamó a la oficina del alcalde de Moscú, solicitando comentarios sobre la situación. … Seguir leyendo
By William J. Dobson, a former managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and senior editor for Asia at Newsweek International. He is writing a book on the challenges to democracy (THE WASHINGTON POST, 13/08/10):
The biggest story in Russia today is the battle to tame a national outbreak of wildfires. The flames have consumed nearly 2 million acres of forests, farms and villages in their path. More than 4,000 people have lost their homes. A dense blanket of smoke and pollution has settled over Moscow; hundreds are pouring into hospitals because of illnesses triggered by the suffocating smog… Seguir leyendo
Par Béatrice Giblin, directrice de la revue “Hérodote”, Filler, maître de conférences à l’IFG (LE MONDE, 11/08/10):
Les incendies de forêt ont dévasté en Russie près de 668 000 hectares depuis le début de l’été. Les réactions de colère devant la lenteur des interventions des pompiers et parfois leur relative inefficacité peuvent donner à penser que les conséquences politiques de cette catastrophe environnementale pourraient être très négatives pour le pouvoir, ce qui serait probablement le cas dans une société réellement démocratique mais qu’en sera-t-il en Russie ?
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Au niveau central : la … Seguir leyendo
Por Natalia Shapovalova, investigadora de la Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE). Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia (EL PAÍS, 09/08/10):
Durante su último viaje a Estados Unidos en junio, el presidente ruso mostró al mundo que su país está abierto a las innovaciones e inversiones de Occidente para modernizar su economía. Él mismo se mantiene al día de los avances tecnológicos: Dmitri Medvédev se reunió con los expertos más innovadores del sector de las tecnologías de vanguardia en Silicon Valley, adquirió el último modelo de iPhone y creó una cuenta en Twitter. En casa, … Seguir leyendo
By Masha Lipman, editor of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Pro et Contra journal (THE WASHINGTON POST, 09/08/10):
Over the past year Triumphal’naya Ploshchad, a downtown square in the Russian capital, has become the site of standoffs between the government and a small political group called Strategy 31. On the last day of each month with 31 days, the group stages a rally to demand that the government observe Article 31 of the constitution, which grants Russians freedom of assembly. Each of the eight times these protests have been held — commonly drawing a few hundred people — the gathering, … Seguir leyendo
By Bill Bowring, professor of law at Birkbeck University (THE GUARDIAN, 04/08/10):
Yevgeniya Chirikova is the mother of two young children and was, until two years ago, a private businesswoman. She used to enjoy walking in the local Khimki forest, which is near Moscow Sheremetyevo airport and part of the broad protective ring of forest which rings Moscow. Then she noticed red tags on most of the trees and discovered that 1,000 hectares of the forest were to be destroyed.
Angered, she used her home printer to produce leaflets condemning the destruction, including her phone number. She now … Seguir leyendo
Por Joschka Fischer, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores y vicecanciller de Alemania de 1998 a 2005. Fue dirigente del Partido Verde alemán durante casi 20 años. © Project Syndicate/Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, 2010. Traducción de Carlos Manzano (EL PAÍS, 03/08/10):
Rusia y la Unión Europea son vecinos geopolíticos. Que la relación sea o no, en realidad, de buena vecindad, en lugar de tensa y controvertida, reviste importancia decisiva para ambos.
A no ser que modernice su economía y su sociedad, Rusia puede olvidarse de su aspiración a la condición de potencia mundial en el siglo XXI y seguirá a la zaga … Seguir leyendo