Miércoles, 8 de junio de 2022 (Continuación)

As the war in Ukraine rages, a long-standing battle between Russia and the United States over cyberspace is also heating up, with a top Russian diplomat warning of “catastrophic” consequences if the United States or its allies “provoke” Russia with a cyberattack.

The “information space”, as the Kremlin likes to call it, has been a growing domain of U.S.-Russian conflict, not only in the Ukraine war, but in Russia’s hacking attacks against the presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020 as well as the congressional elections in 2018. The two countries briefly seemed to be working together for common rules for cyberspace last year, but that cooperation has now exploded.…  Seguir leyendo »

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with soldiers in Soledar, Ukraine, June 2022. Handout / Reuters

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fourth month, calls are growing in Western Europe and the United States for a diplomatic push to end the war. In late May, Italy proposed a four-point peace plan for Ukraine that would culminate in sanctions relief for Russia. Not long after, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, speaking at Davos, called on Ukraine to cede territory to Russia and to begin negotiations immediately. And at the beginning of June, French President Emmanuel Macron repeated his call to not “humiliate” Russia. In the halls of power, a consensus seems to be emerging: give Moscow land in exchange for peace.…  Seguir leyendo »

Una manifestación en Londres en la Plaza del Parlamento en 2020Credit...Isabel Infantes/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

“Declaro ante todos ustedes que dedicaré toda mi vida, sea esta larga o corta, a su servicio y al servicio de esta gran familia imperial a la que todos pertenecemos”. Se cuenta que la princesa Isabel lloró cuando leyó su discurso por primera vez. Esas palabras, pronunciadas cuando cumplió 21 años, y retransmitidas por la radio en 1947 desde un jardín repleto de buganvillas en Ciudad del Cabo, proclamaban la futura encarnación del Reino Unido y su imperio y la Mancomunidad de Naciones en la joven integrante de la realeza.

En aquel momento, las demandas de independencia surgían por todo el Imperio de la posguerra.…  Seguir leyendo »