La rassegna di geopolitica di Radio Radicale
- Rassegna di geopolitica: lo status di Gerusalemme 6 August 2010
- Rassegna di Geopolitica: scontri a fuoco tra Israele e Libano 4 August 2010
- Rassegna di Geopolitica. La Birmania tra India e Cina 30 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica. Tensioni tra Usa e Cina nel Pacifico 28 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: Le ambizioni nucleari dell'Arabia Saudita 22 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: le nuove prospettive della Cina 9 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica - L'agricoltura globale 7 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: la politica Usa dello Spazio 2010 emanata da Barack Obama 1 July 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: per i Paesi Arabi il rischio di gravi crisi alimentari 9 June 2010
- Rassegna di geopolitica: le nuove Università in Asia 4 June 2010
L’ora di Cindia di Claudio Landi
- L'ora di Cindia 28 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 22 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 7 August 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 31 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 25 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 18 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 10 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 4 July 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 26 June 2010
- L'ora di Cindia 20 June 2010
Elezioni
Why Palestinians Will Not Hold Elections, at Least for Now – CEIP
Only seven hours remained until the deadline to submit electoral lists to the Central Elections Commission on June 10 when the Palestinian Authority (PA) called off the local council elections scheduled to take place in July. The PA justified its abrupt decision by claiming that such elections could derail a possible reconciliation with the Islamic… »
Iran’s Mini-Empire At The U.N. – Forbes
Iran, despite being under four sets of binding sanctions resolutions by the U.N. Security Council, has learned to manipulate the institution in ways that make a mockery not only of the U.N. itself, but also of U.S. claims of diplomatic competence. Rarely remarked upon, but even more appalling than Iran’s beachhead on the women’s rights… »
Restraint Recalibrating American Strategy – CNAS
The United States needs a sustainable and strategic approach to foreign and defense policy that
recognizes the deepening mismatch between ends and means. Driven by a realist impulse to be the
global enforcer and a moral imperative to act as global savior, the United States remains disproportionately invested in managing international security relative to its limited resources…. »
President Yanukovich’s Dubious Deal – CEPS
(PDF) – In Moscow, he made a two-part deal, described in the headlines as an extension of the lease of the Russian Black Sea fleet at Sevastopol for 25 to 30 years, in exchange for a 10-year discount off the price of gas. As the Russian President has said, these two elements are intimately interconnected…. »
Seeking Power: Europe’s Extreme Right – ISN
For the past 30 years, the rise of the extreme right has alarmed citizens and many political parties in Europe, who worry about what it means and may be unsure of how to deal with the extreme right in their own strategies. But how has the European extreme right progressed since the 1980s, and is… »
Hatoyama’s Resignation – Worldpress
Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama suddenly resigned last week, citing his inability to remove a U.S. airbase from Okinawa as a reason. Indeed, the sudden departure of Hatoyama has forced both Tokyo and Washington to rapidly reevaluate their bilateral relations. The outcome of the base’s status must be seen in the context of the current tension… »
Iraqi merger forms new Shia bloc – Bbc
Iraq’s two main Shia groups, which performed strongly in recent elections, have merged to form the biggest alliance in the new parliament. Iraq’s two main Shia groups, which performed strongly in recent elections, have merged to form the biggest alliance in the new parliament. The bloc, to be called the National Alliance, brings together the… »
Think Tanks and Public Policies in Latin America – Fundación Siena/CIPPEC
(PDF) – It is not true that democracy and technocracy are necessarily opposite principles. An
active and growing civic participation is not incompatible with the incorporation of expert knowledge
in public policies. Actually, it is not difficult to grasp that democracy fragility grows when
elected Governments fail to solve, efficiently and effectively, the complex problems of economic
and social… »
Cuba trains Venezuela in military, communications – Washington Times
No longer just doctors, nurses and teachers. Cuba now sends Venezuela troops to train its military, and computer specialists to work on its passport and identification-card systems. Cubans are involved in Venezuelan defense and communications systems to the point that they would know how to run both in a… »
Slovenian vote clears Croatia’s main obstacle to EU accession – EurActiv
Slovenia narrowly approved a border arbitration deal with Croatia in a referendum on 6 June, clearing a major obstacle to Zagreb’s European Union membership bid. According to diplomats, the vote offers hope to other EU hopefuls in the Western Balkans. The vote should boost Croatia’s chances of joining the 27-nation EU in 2012 if it… »
European Neighbourhood Policy – European Commission
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was developed in 2004, with the objective of avoiding the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and our neighbours and instead strengthening the prosperity, stability and security of all. This ENP framework is proposed to the 16 of EU’s closest neighbours – Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt,… »
America’s Extended Hand: Assessing the Obama Administration’s Global Engagement Strategy – CNAS
This paper assesses the administration’s global public engagement strategy and its implementation
to date. Though the administration’s commitment to engagement has encompassed a range of efforts such as negotiating with adversaries as well as allies, working through multilateral institutions, and a stronger commitment to diplomacy, the authors focus on just one key dimension of the president’s… »
Colombie. Les surprises du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle – OPALC
Les résultats du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle en Colombie (30 mai) appellent trois commentaires. Le premier sera de souligner l’ancrage démocratique du pays. Le deuxième porte sur l’échec des prévisionnistes. Le troisième sur le rôle des réseaux sociaux – par Thierry… »
Who Will Be Iran’s Next President? – RFE
The Iranian government and the opposition are each getting ready for the first anniversary of the country’s disputed presidential vote. Yet there’s already talk about the presidential election that should take place in three years — and some names are floating around as possible future candidates – by Golnaz… »
Belarus gears up for election – Open Democracy
Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s support is waning — both domestically and from Russia — and he now looks the the most vulnerable he has done for years. Yet the opposition’s failure to unite behind a single candidate still seems set to hand him victory in the upcoming presidential election – by David… »
The FSB Returns to Ukraine – Eurasia Daily Monitor
After the second round of Ukraine’s 2010 elections, Russia demanded that President, Viktor Yanukovych, undertake measures to improve relations between both countries. Moscow demanded that Yanukovych re-admit the Federal Security Service (FSB) to the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) and “end all cooperation with the Central Intelligence Agency”. The Yanukovych administration has agreed to most of… »
A Major Breakthrough in Darfur Crisis – ISS
Several attempts were made by the international community to restore peace in Darfur. The UN Security Council, which has the primary mandate of maintaining international peace and security, have adopted several resolutions bearing on the crisis of Darfur, but these were mostly ineffective. The African Union – United Nations (UNAMID) mission which started operations in… »
Are the Kurds Still Kingmakers in Iraq? – CEIP
Since 2003 the Kurds have been considered kingmakers in Iraq, playing a key role in keeping the country together while negotiating Kurdish nationalist demands in Baghdad. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has taken advantage of the weak central government, an ambiguous Iraqi constitution, and high-level positions to establish its place in a federal… »
The Future of US-Iraq Relations – the Stimson Center
In English, Arabic and Kurdish.
An important transition is underway in the official relationship between the United States and Iraq. Since late 2008, relations have been governed by two agreements: one related to the planned withdrawal of US forces from Iraq by 2011, and one that sets a strategic framework for the future of US-Iraq relations… »
CrisisWatch N°82, 01 Jun 2010 – ICG
Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in May 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch. Israeli commandos killed at least nine people when they raided a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza on 31 May. May also saw renewed… »
The Myanmar Elections – ICG
Myanmar will shortly hold its first elections in twenty years. Given the restrictive provisions of the 2010 Political Parties Registration Law that bar anyone serving a prison term from membership in a political party, many imprisoned dissidents will be excluded from the process, unless they are released in the near future. here has rightly been… »
Lebanon’s Politics: The Sunni Community and Hariri’s Future Current – ICG
The June 2009 swearing in as prime minister of Saad Hariri, leader of the Sunni Future Current movement, marks a turning point, the end of a period of exceptional domestic political turbulence and regional tensions that began with the 2005 murder of his father, Rafic; led to institutional paralysis; and culminated with the violent May… »
Colombia: Moving Beyond ‘Narco-Democracy’ – CFR
Colombia’s vote for the successor to two-term President Alvaro Uribe on May 30 pits a former top Uribe aide against a populist former mayor of Bogotá who has drawn strong support from young Colombians. Despite dramatic security gains achieved under Uribe, a strong U.S. ally, the strength of support for Antanas Mockus of the Green… »
Sudanese president’s power to be tested – LA Times
Khartoum reflects his aspirations to add a splash of Dubai-inspired architectural panache to an African nation long troubled by famine and war. But the skyline here glimmers only so far; beyond it looms widespread poverty, bloodshed in Darfur and the prospect that in January the mainly Christian south will secede, robbing Bashir of the oil… »
Colombian president’s brother said to have lead death squads – Washington Post
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe will leave office in August having largely succeeded in winning control of once-lawless swaths of countryside from Marxist rebels, an accomplishment partly made possible by more than $6 billion in U.S. aid. But Uribe’s government has also been tarnished by scandals, including accusations in congressional hearings that death squads hatched plots… »
Syria Reimposes Its Patronage over Lebanon – MEMRI
Five years after a Western-Arab-Lebanese front emerged to oppose Syria’s presence in Lebanon, forcing Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to withdraw the military and security forces that had been there since 1976 and had provided the military backing for Syria’s control of Lebanon, Syria seems to be regaining its control over Lebanon. This is coming about… »
Rise of the Eurocons – Fp
For the first time since the early 1990s, the map of Europe is overwhelmingly colored true conservative blue. David Cameron’s Conservative-led coalition in Britain ensures that right-leaning governments dominate the political landscape. As Cameron meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday and with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, it could be tempting to… »
Parties, Movements, and Prospects for Change in Egypt – CEIP
Among the many ripple effects of the National Front for Change created by Mohamed ElBaradei in February 2010 is that it has made clear that there are at least two visions of political activism in Egypt, one reformist and the other revolutionary. Since its inception, the National Front for Change has distanced itself from Kifaya… »
Finding Common Ground: Kirkuk as a Special Governorate – USIP
Iraq’s March 2010 elections delivered a surprising virtual tie in the ethnically mixed and strategically important province of Kirkuk, making it an opportune time for fresh thinking on how to address persistent disputes over its status – by Sean… »
Ex-president Musharraf vows return to Pakistan politics – Cnn
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf plans to return to Pakistan and to re-enter politics, he told CNN. Musharraf, who resigned as president under pressure in 2008 and left the country about a year ago, said he’s unsure about the exact timing of his return. Midterm elections could come next year, Musharraf… »
Nigeria’s Season of Uncertainty – Brookings Institution
From ill-fated politics, to major infrastructural challenges and a fragile democracy, Nigeria has faced many serious and recent obstacles – by Richard Joseph and Alexandra… »
The U.K. Elections and the Future of Trident – CSIS
Ten Downing Street may have changed hands for the first time in sixteen years yesterday, but there is unlikely to be a clear change for the future of Britain’s nuclear-missile carrying submarines. The new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government represents an unlikely pairing; the two parties hold opposite positions about the future of Britain’s Trident-armed nuclear… »
Women’s Rights Gain Focus in Saudi Arabia – CEIP
After years of stymied efforts, the reform focus in Saudi Arabia is centering on women’s rights. A recent survey by the Researchers Center for Women’s Studies in Riyadh examining Saudi newspapers and websites showed that from mid January to mid February 2010 some 40 percent of articles in print media and 58 percent of articles… »
Are Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales Enemies of the United States? – COHA
Adversaries, yes. Enemies, no (at least not yet). However, they are enemies of global capitalism which, in the eyes of some Americans, makes Chávez and Morales enemies of the American people. But this is one of many misleading impressions which inadequate Latin America coverage by U.S. media helps to perpetuate – by Francis… »
Where To Next For Long-Suffering Iraq? – MEES
Terrorist acts and threats failed to scare the Iraqis. This by itself is a feat. Neither did the failings of the long delayed election law, mostly attributable to the wheeling and dealing of the large blocks to reduce the chances of the smaller, mainly secular/liberal groups, nor Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi’s veto, ostensibly on the rights… »
U.S., U.K. alliance questioned following British election – Washington Post
In his telephone call to new British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday night, President Obama underscored his commitment to the “special relationship” between the two countries. But on this side of the Atlantic in particular, there is a growing belief that with Cameron as prime minister Britain must find its own way in the… »
Iraq recount fails to overturn Allawi election win – Reuters
A cross-sectarian coalition led by secularist former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi held its two-seat win in Iraq’s March 7 election after a recount of votes cast in Baghdad, elections officials said Sunday.
But the poll victory of Allawi’s Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, confirmed by an 11-day manual recount of 2.5 million votes cast in the Iraqi capital,… »
Lebanon’s Scud Row – Foreign Affairs
Last month, press reports and Israeli government statements announced that Syria may have transferred Scud missiles to Hezbollah. The revelation was a reminder that the Lebanon-based terrorist group serves multiple constituencies — not just in Lebanon but in Iran and Syria as well. These constituencies — which range from Iran’s supreme leader to Hezbollah’s Lebanese… »
Sudan: Regional Perspectives on the Prospect of Southern Independence – ICG
South Sudan is just eight months away from a self-determination referendum that will likely result in its secession from the North. Much remains to be done to implement the outstanding elements of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), and time is running out. The agreement’s underlying aim of “making unity attractive” has failed, and most Southerners… »
Iran’s Trojan Horse in the Iraqi Elections – MEMRI
Almost two months after the conclusion of the parliamentary elections in Iraq, there is still no new government, and the prospects of breaking the stalemate that has so far impeded the creation of such a government are not within sight. In fact, it would seem that the longer the stalemate prevails, the greater the number… »
Britain, let’s talk about security – Open Democracy
An inconclusive general election casts uncertainty over the shape of Britain’s next government. The issue of national security, amid conditions of severe financial constraint, will be high on the incoming administration’s agenda. But the political space for a fresh approach to the country’s defence needs is already narrowing – by Paul… »
Election Victories Help Kurds in Iraq Push for More Sovereignty – Uruknet
Emboldened by his party’s electoral success, the president of Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region is intensifying his demands for greater sovereignty and control of oil, adding more complexity to an already tumultuous government formation period. In the interview, Mr. Barzani stressed that he believed that the only hope left for stability in Iraq was in dividing… »
The Saudis go to Baghdad – the National Interest
Ever since the United States toppled Saddam Hussein, Arab governments have kept their distance from Baghdad. As the United States, Iran and Turkey all jockeyed for influence in Iraq’s nascent democratic system, Arab states remained wary of being associated with the unpopular U.S. occupation and the new Shia-dominated presence in the region. Today, Saudi Arabia… »
CrisisWatch N°81 – ICG
Five actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in April 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin… »
Brazil’s election: politics and personalities – Open Democracy
The end of Lula’s eight-year presidency of Brazil is approaching. But the contest to succeed him is deeply marked by his political influence. A vivid portrait of the fluid electoral landscape – by Leslie… »
What is the matter with Belgium? – Itinera Institute
Last week, Belgium’s current Prime Minister – Yves Leterme – tendered his resignation for the fifth time since his Flemish Christian-democratic party romped to victory in the federal elections of June 2007. At the behest of a weary King, the leader of the francophone conservatives, Didier Reynders, engaged in a last-ditch mediation effort. It proved… »
The U.S. must defend the integrity of Iraqi elections – Washington Post
Concerns over delays in the formation of a new Iraqi government and the prospects for meeting President Obama’s announced timeline for withdrawal are clouding views of a more urgent matter: The United States might be about to lose an opportunity for success in Iraq by tolerating a highly sectarian, politicized move to overturn Iraq’s election… »
Iraq’s Turkomans Feel New Political Strength – RFE
In the elections, the Turkomans — the second-largest group in northern Iraq after the Kurds — mostly allied with the nationalist Al-Iraqiyah list of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. The alliance proved surprisingly successful. Now, Turkoman political leaders say, they plan to make their voice heard in the capital – by Charles Recknagel and Muhammad… »
Black Sea Fleet Deal Stirs Kiev Storm – ISN
A deal to extend the stay of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea in exchange for up to $40 billion worth of gas discounts stops Ukraine’s drift toward NATO, but political-military integration with Russia is not in the interests of the nation – by Simon… »
Sadr: Renegotiate ‘illegal’ Iraq oil deals – Upi
The political bloc led by firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who will likely decide who will govern in the wake of inconclusive March elections, has demanded that “illegal” contracts signed with foreign oil companies in 2009 be… »