Jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2022 (Continuación)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, September 2022. Sputnik Photo Agency / Reuters

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India’s initial reluctance to condemn Russia for its war against Ukraine has been the subject of much debate and criticism in the West. In mid-March, Jen Psaki, then the White House press secretary, urged India to reflect on “where you want to stand when history books are written at this moment in time”. Numerous world leaders and diplomats have expressed impatience with India for effectively abetting a Russian agenda by remaining on the side-lines.

Some analysts and former policymakers in strategic circles in New Delhi insist that such a reproach is unfair and fails to appreciate India’s nuanced position on the war.…  Seguir leyendo »

What an Italy led by the far-right might mean for Europe

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As European household energy bills surged at the onset of a blistering hot summer, Italy’s prime minister Mario Draghi framed the sacrifices he was asking Italians to make on behalf of Ukraine as a stark choice. “Do you want peace”, he asked in April, “or do you want air conditioning?”

Now, after the premature collapse of Draghi’s cross-party coalition in July, Italians are poised to vote for a new government whose willingness to put them through further economic disruption and sacrifices is in doubt.

If polls are correct, Italy will emerge from its general election on Sunday with a new far-right government led by arch-conservative Giorgia Meloni, president of the Brothers of Italy.…  Seguir leyendo »

To Really Understand the Ocean, We Need to Go Back in Time

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Not that long ago the world’s oceans were viewed as too gargantuan for humans to influence. This view was voiced most notably in 1883 by the English biologist Thomas Huxley, who in his inaugural address to the International Fisheries Exhibition in London asserted that “all the great sea fisheries are inexhaustible”.

Nowadays, such naïveté seems inconceivable. We’re witnessing rampant overfishing and the decline in size of commercially important fish; rising water temperatures and even “marine heat waves” that are throwing ecosystems into disarray and driving fish and crustacean stocks to the relief of deeper water and toward the poles; acidity that is challenging the ability of sea creatures to form shells; lessening oxygen levels and “dead zones”; contamination from oil spills — a gloomy totality that has come to be known as the “Aquacalypse”.…  Seguir leyendo »

La ‘renuncia silenciosa’ no es la solución

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Este verano, se habló mucho de la “renuncia silenciosa”, que, en esencia, se refiere a hacer lo mínimo necesario en el trabajo. Y quizá eso no sorprenda a nadie: después de más de dos años de incertidumbre pandémica, los niveles de estrés de los trabajadores están a tope en todo momento y ahora la gente sigue languideciendo. Cuando estás agotado y saturado, sientes que se pierde algo de algún modo y, para muchos, pareciera que lo que se pierde es la búsqueda de la excelencia laboral.

Pero ¿la respuesta es dejar de echarle ganas? Yo diría que no. Como escritora que aborda el tema de la gestión del tiempo, me he dado cuenta de que lo opuesto al agotamiento no es no hacer nada, ni siquiera es hacer menos.…  Seguir leyendo »