Mariano Aguirre is an international policy analyst, with expertise on the Middle East, Latin America and US foreign policy. He is associate fellow of the international security program at Chatham House (London), advisor of the Human Rights Institute, Deusto University (Bilbao, Spain), fellow of the Network of Inclusive and Sustainable Security (Friedrich Ebert Foundation), and associate fellow of the Transnational Institute (Amsterdam). He was advisor of the UN Office of the Resident Coordinator in Colombia (2017-2019) and director of NOREF (Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution) (2009 to 2016). He published Salto al Vacío, a book about the crisis unfolding in the United States (2017).
Mariano Aguirre es analista de políticas internacional, especialmente en cuestiones de Oriente Medio, América Latina y política exterior de Estados Unidos. Es associate fellow del programa de seguridad internacional de Chatham House (Londres), asesor del Instituto de Derechos Humanos (Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, España), miembro de la Red Latinomericana de Seguridad Inclusive y Sostenible de la Fundación Friedrich Ebert, y del Transnational Institute (TNI, Amsterdam). Fue asesor senior de la Oficina del Coordinador Residente de la ONU en Colombia (2017-2019) y director del Centro Noruego para la Resolución de Conflictos (NOREF, Oslo, 2009-2016). Es autor de diversos libros. El último: Salto al vacío. Crisis y declive de Estados Unidos (Icaria, Barcelona, 2017).
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Publicado en: openSecuritySyria's crisis: weapons vs negotiations
A strong momentum is building for armed intervention in Syria, either by channelling arms to Syria's rebels or...
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The second year of the Arab uprisings opens a complex period in which the potential of the Arab world to move...
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Publicado en: HomeTalking with Khalil: the subtle violence of constant occupation
On a journey to the West Bank, the author encounters one small instance of the broader machinery that Israel uses to...
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Publicado en: Home9/11: a perfect pretext, a terrible legacy
The tragedy of 11 September 2001 was used by authoritarian forces in the United States as a political opportunity....
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Publicado en: HomeVietnam to Iraq and AfPak: traps of history
The United States's prolonged counterinsurgency wars in Afghanistan and Iraq raise strong echoes of Vietnam. But new...
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Publicado en: HomeA world in movement: prospects for 2011
The influence of rising states amid the infirmity of the United States and other established powers will make 2011 a...