Compartimos la primera sesión de nuestro seminario de reflexión, celebrada el 15 de octubre de 2018.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Pentagon Officials Fear Bolton’s Actions Increase Risk of Clash With Iran

WASHINGTON — Senior Pentagon officials are voicing deepening fears that President Trump’s hawkish national security adviser, John R. Bolton, could precipitate a conflict with Iran at a time when Mr. Trump is losing leverage in the Middle East by pulling out American troops.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

U.S. Equipment, but Not Troops, Begins Exiting Syria in Chaotic Withdrawal

WASHINGTON — The American military has started withdrawing some equipment, but no troops yet, from Syria as part of President Trump’s order to wind down that battleground against the Islamic State, two Defense Department officials said on Friday amid continuing confusion over plans to disengage from one of the Middle East’s most complex conflicts.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Pompeo Calls Obama’s Mideast Policy Misguided

CAIRO — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scathingly repudiated President Barack Obama’s approach to the Middle East on Thursday, using a speech in Cairo to reject what he called the previous administration’s timidity toward Islamic extremism and misguided outreach to Iran.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brexit Is Coming Down to a Game of Brinkmanship

LONDON — Though she admits disliking the social side of politics, Prime Minister Theresa May hosted lawmakers at a party in Downing Street this week, hoping to salvage her much-maligned plans for Britain’s departure from the European Union, or Brexit.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

China Offers Trump a Trade Peace Deal. It May Not Be Enough.

BEIJING — China is buying American soybeans again and has cut tariffs on American cars. It is offering to keep its hands off valuable corporate secrets, while also allowing foreign investors into more industries than ever before.

THE GUARDIAN

Will Adam Schiff pose a bigger threat to Trump than Robert Mueller?

With Democrats having taken over the House, Trump faces a pack of potential antagonists. Newly installed chairs are ramping up plans to scrutinize corruption inside the Trump administration, investigate alleged attempts to profit from the presidency, and to review policies such as family border separations.

Artículo publicado en los Cuadernos del Grupo de Estudios sobre Sistema Penal y Derechos Humanos (GESPyDH) del Instituto Gino Germani de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina.

El artículo analiza la incorporación de elementos semánticos y operacionales de la estrategia militar en contextos urbanos como alternativa disponible para las élites políticas y económicas con objetivos de control social.. Para ello se toma como ejemplo la estrategia empleada en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro a través de las Unidades de Policía Pacificadora (UPP) y la militarización de la ciudad en el marco de un ciclo de megaeventos de diez años de duración.

Artículo publicado en la Revista Inclusiones en el que se aborda la importancia de la geopolítica a partir de la concepción del territorio y la territorialidad como construcción de los modos de vida, las dimensiones y contenidos del proceso global de reproducción material; y el lugar del territorio en la definición de las condiciones de la competencia económica y de la hegemonía mundial.

Compartimos la grabación de la primera sesión de nuestro seminario anual, que tuvo lugar el 12 de octubre de 2018.