US Hegemony and its Perils; the Chinese Optic
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The Year of the War
Antonio Navalón The story of this year, 2023, began on the shoulders of tanks. On February 24 last year, there was the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and from there, naturally, we enter a scenario in which we have to combine, first, how the Russians feel …
WEF The Global Risks Report 2023
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The Fisherman Ended Up Being Fished.
Juan Villoro The rocks surrounding Chiloé Island are inhabited by a unique species of cold. Among them are two varieties of penguins with the surnames of explorers, the Magellanic and the Humboldt. Less well known is the cormorant, or “sea crow”, a dark bird with …
Eurasia Group Top Risks for 2023
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Do We Want, or Do We Not Want?
Antonio Navalón The North American Leaders’ Summit, held on January 9 and 10, not only marked the beginning of the year in a truly shocking way in terms of politics, economics, forms, and what may or may not happen. This meeting between Biden, López Obrador, …
My Readings
Luis Rubio Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) says, “the True University of these days is a collection of books.” Here is my best attempt to share some of the readings that impacted me the most this year. Two emblematic dictators-Stalin and Hitler- were allies at the beginning …
Populist America.
Antonio Navalón There is a tendency to value failure that I have often wondered whether it is not the reaction to the sublimation of the triumph and victory that the American world has put in front of us. Pedro Castillo is no longer President of …
Deglobalization
Luis Rubio The central characteristic of our time would seem to be the tensions that generate real or perceived inequalities in the distribution of the benefits of economic growth. Countless nations around the world have elected leaders whose calling card has been the rejection of …