In this nomadic, undefined, polymorphous, and unsymmetrical war, the populations on 'both shores' of the Mediterranean are taken hostage. And Europe has a nearly irreplaceable function.
Assad is responsible for the damage being caused to Syria, but he is not the only one. Negotiators must reconsider their agreement over the fate of Syrian state institutions.
With new monuments and museums afoot, Russians are warming again to Stalin's legacy. But is there any communist content to post-communist nostalgia? Русский
La segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales traerá el fin del Kirchnerismo, de una manera o de otra. Lo que está menos claro es en qué medida esto significará el fin del actual “estancamiento dinámico”. English.
The second round of the presidential elections would certainly bring the end of Kirchnerism, in one way or another. What is less clear is if how much of that will mean the end of Argentina’s current “dynamic stagnation”. Español.
Camaradas, no cometamos el mismo error dos veces seguidas. El cambio progresista sólo llegará como resultado de una batalla política real y tangible. La alternativa es, como siempre, la barbarie. English.
After Paris, macho language about “pitiless war” defines the contours of leadership. Little else is on offer. It is red meat to our emotions.
For the terrorists, best would be to be left alone to consolidate. Next best would be an epic all-out confrontation with western infidel ground forces. We should not give them what they want.
The real goal of the attacks in France, as well as those in the Shia southern suburb of Beirut a few hours before this, is through fear, to spread division.
The roots of these terror attacks are deep. They lie partly in Syria and Iraq, but also partly in our French and European cities.
"Three years of research on slum evictions had not prepared me to watch for the first time, with equanimity, the actual lived experience of decisions made behind closed doors."
