21/12/2006 |
México: Guerra al crimen organizado
César Cansino | El Universal
El gobierno de Felipe Calderón ha empezado con firmeza. Después de un sexenio en el que las autoridades dejaron crecer el crimen organizado y la delincuencia, dejando a la sociedad secuestrada y a merced de los cárteles de la droga, el nuevo gobierno no sólo declaró la guerra a la delincuencia, sino que ha emprendido acciones concretas para combatirla. ...
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21/12/2006 |
México: Calderón afianza su presidencia con una ofensiva contra los narcos.El presidente de México intenta restablecer la autoridad del Estado
Joaquim Ibarz | La Razón
Para Felipe Calderón se acabó el tiempo de la indecisión y el dejar hacer que caracterizaron el mandato de Vicente Fox. El nuevo presidente mexicano no está dispuesto a permitir que su estrecha victoria electoral sea sinónimo de un gobierno débil o dubitativo. ...
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21/12/2006 |
Cómo poner fin al terrorismo
Daniel Pipes | Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos
Una estrategia eficaz de contraterrorismo tiene que centrarse en el hecho de que el terrorismo por parte de musulmanes en nombre del Islam plantea hoy una amenaza estratégica para los pueblos civilizados, ya sean musulmanes o no musulmanes. ...
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21/12/2006 |
'The fabulous Baker Boy': Coup de grace for the Iraq Surrender Group
CSP | Center for Security Policy
Even by fickle official Washington's standards, the half-life of the Iraq Study Group's report seems to have been remarkably short. ...
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21/12/2006 |
Hypersonic Cruise Missile: America's New Global Strike Weapon
Noah Shachtman | Popular Mechanics
The mission: Attack anywhere in the world in less than an hour. But is the Pentagon's bold program a critical new weapon for hitting elusive targets, or a good way to set off a nuclear war? ...
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20/12/2006 |
Syria in Bush's Crosshairs
Adam Zagorin | Time Magazine
Exclusive: A classified document suggests the Administration is considering a plan to fund political opposition to the Damascus government. Some critics say it would be an unwarranted covert action. ...
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20/12/2006 |
Energúmeno nuclear
El País Staff | El Pais (Es)
Era ayer tan sólo el segundo día de la reanudación de las conversaciones de los llamados Seis (las dos Coreas, EE UU, China, Rusia y Japón) para intentar buscar una fórmula de persuadir a Corea del Norte de que renuncie pública, oficial y efectivamente a un arsenal nuclear que todo el mundo da ya por existente. ...
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20/12/2006 |
Can social scientists redefine the ''war on terror''?
George Packer | The New Yorker
In 1993, a young captain in the Australian Army named David Kilcullen was living among villagers in West Java, as part of an immersion program in the Indonesian language. ...
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20/12/2006 |
Military Roles in U.S. Embassies Creates Strains, Report Says
Mark Mazzetti | NY Times
The expansion of the Pentagon’s presence in American embassies is creating frictions and overlapping missions that could undermine efforts to combat Islamic radicalism, a report by Congressional Republicans has found. ...
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20/12/2006 |
Nigeria: Using Bombs to Keep the Pressure On
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
Two car bombs exploded Dec. 18 at foreign oil company compounds in the Niger Delta city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The attacks occurred shortly after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) militant group told officials it would detonate three car bombs in the region. The bombings are aimed at demonstrating MEND is still a force in the region. ...
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