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07/01/2023 | Economia y Finanzas
Opinion - The Significance of Bitcoin for State Power
Much has been said about the problematic implications of cybercurrencies like Bitcoin for contemporary security environments. After all, they provide unsupervised conduits for the cross-border circulation of money in ways that can conceal the identities of those responsible. Needless to say, such advantage can be useful for the various financial operations of malicious nonstate actors, such as transnational criminal organizations, terrorist networks, insurgent militias, hacktivists, and even separatist forces.
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20/07/2021 | Frente Externo
Situation reports - The Geopolitics of Cuba Unrest
The recent wave of horizontal and leaderless demonstrations that have engulfed Cuba was certainly unexpected, but not surprising. After all, various forecasts had predicted that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could encourage turmoil in fragile states. In this particular case, discontent is the combined result of the inability of the country’s healthcare system to effectively deal with the ongoing sanitary crisis, worsening economic hardship due to declining tourism ‒ a crucial source of hard currency for the island ‒ and a growing sense of overall political dissatisfaction with Cuba’s current state of affairs. Furthermore, social media platforms played an initial role catalyzing the protests.
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26/10/2019 | Frente Externo
Opinion - Rethinking New Zealand’s Grand Strategy
According to the classical geopolitical thinking of Sir Halford Mackinder, New Zealand is located in what is called the ‘outer crescent,’ a peripheral zone located very far from the ‘heartland’ (the core the Eurasian landmass).
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26/08/2019 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Opinion - Mercenaries and the Wagner Group: What’s Old Is New Again
The existence of mercenary units – understood as professional fighting forces at the service of the highest bidder in the context of an armed conflict – is not a new phenomenon. In fact, it goes back thousands of years. For instance, the so-called ‘Ten Thousand’ (a sophisticated group of mercenaries from several Greek city states) participated in conflicts that were fought in several corners of the Persian Empire.
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14/08/2019 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela, Cuba - Cuba’s Intelligence Masterstroke in Venezuela
Much has been said about the behavior of Venezuela’s Bolivarian regime, its evolving character, its dramatic economic mismanagement, and the impact it has projected throughout the American hemisphere, including its bilateral ties to Cuba.
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15/07/2019 | Economia y Finanzas
Geopolitics and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
In June 2015, the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was agreed to by representatives of 50 countries in Beijing, China. The Bank started operating in January 2016 and its first four loans – totaling USD 509 million – were approved for Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. Moreover, a location in Beijing was chosen as the headquarters of this new multilateral banking organization.
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