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(Para Radio Nederland)
No deja de sorprender que en el marco de su desangelada despedida de la ONU el presidente George W. Bush sólo haya concertado una entrevista con Asif Ali Zardari, nuevo presidente paquistaní. El escaso brillo de su discurso cabe atribuirlo a su propia percepción sobre la magnitud...

 

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(This article is the second part of a previously published article "Chad: little attention to a worsening situation", which referred to the necessity of considering regional as well as internal causes while dealing with the Chadian conflict. Here, the intention is on analyzing the effectiveness of the currently deployed EUFOR/CHAD/RCA military force).

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A month ago I wrote that the Goma agreement was as dead as the idea of a self-regulating free market. The events of the last weeks and a report of Amnesty International reaffirm my position. The peace agreement of 23 of January 2008 is inadequate to forestall a minimum degree of stability and peace in the Kivu and has even some perverse effects..

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Any market-based economy has financial crises. It is the inescapable eventuality of the biggest market failure of all: human psychology and the lack of moral constraints within the financial sector. Essentially, financial crises are required shock therapy to cleanse markets from the inevitable hubris and decadence that sets in over time. Even though there are always...

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(Para Radio Nederland)
En el escenario de seguridad europea el ritmo de los acontecimientos parece incrementarse últimamente, sobre todo por lo que respecta a dos actores muy significados: OTAN y Rusia. Sorprende que quien debería ser el principal protagonista de su propio destino...