Síntesis informativa - 3 de abril 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
With Trump, NATO Chief Tries to Navigate Spending Minefields
WASHINGTON — He flew across the ocean to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary with the largest and most important member of the military alliance. So to outsiders it appeared to be an awkward moment on Tuesday for Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, as he sat stiffly by while President Trump criticized German defense spending and predicted that the United States would get along with Russia.
Síntesis informativa - 2 de abril de 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
NASA Says Debris From India’s Antisatellite Test Puts Space Station at Risk
NEW DELHI — NASA has criticized India for the antisatellite test it carried out with great fanfare last week, saying it was riskier than officials claimed and created debris that could threaten the International Space Station.
Síntesis informativa - 1° de abril 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
China Purchases Could Undercut Trump’s Larger Trade Goal
WASHINGTON — At the heart of President Trump’s negotiations with China is a troubling contradiction: The United States wants to use the trade talks to encourage the country to adopt a more market-oriented economy. But a key element of a prospective deal may end up reinforcing the economic power of the Chinese state.
Síntesis informativa - 29 de marzo 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
He Helped Create A.I. Now, He Worries About ‘Killer Robots.’
MONTREAL — Yoshua Bengio is worried that innovations in artificial intelligence that he helped pioneer could lead to a dark future, if “killer robots” get into the wrong hands.
Síntesis informativa - 28 de marzo 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Ministro de Defensa de Rusia pide acelerar desarrollo de instalaciones navales
MOSCU, 27 mar (Xinhua) -- El ministro de Defensa de Rusia, Sergei Shoigu, pidió hoy la reparación acelerada de las instalaciones navales existentes y la construcción de nuevas capaces de albergar y dar servicio a modernos buques de guerra.
Síntesis informativa - 27 de marzo 2019
THE GUARDIAN
Macron meets Xi Jinping to strengthen EU-China relationship
In a meeting during a bilateral three-day state visit to France, the French president took the unprecedented step of inviting the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, to Paris for the talks.
Brazil-Russia Military-Technical Cooperation. A Fruit of the Post-Cold War World Order
Al fin de la guerra fría, Rusia y Brasil generan un acercamiento (1992) en cuestión armamentístico-tecnológica y estratégica, que también será económica con la creación del bloque de países conocido como brics. El artículo se centra en la historia reciente (1991-presente) del intercambio-comercio de tecnología (armamentística, informática, espacial y energética-nuclear) entre ambas naciones, señalando encuentros, acuerdos, compras y diversas acciones concretas. Finaliza con un breve análisis de las implicaciones estratégicas que dicha relación puede tener.
Recruiting, Vetting, and Training Police Forces in Postconflict Environments
El artículo se basa en el precepto de que una operación de estabilidad en una zona de postconflicto (pces), necesita previamente de seguridad que una policía funcional y democráticamente entrenada puede proporcionar. Dicha policía debe ser entrenada por agencias internacionales especializadas en procesos similares, así como interpretando las necesidades culturales de los locales, previniendo una posible escalada de violencia y una guerra civil.
Contours of the New “Cold War”?
Bipolar. Hay semejanza con el mapa geopolítico de la guerra fría con algunas diferencias. La definición de este mundo se fija a partir de la posición con respecto a Venezuela, donde unos representan a la democracia y otros al autoritarismo.
"Of note, those today aligned with Nicolás Maduro’s claim to governance are uniformly authoritarian regimes in contrast to those opposing his claim, which, for the most part, can be characterized as generally legitimate and stable democracies." (Military Review, 2019: 143).
Síntesis informativa - 26 de marzo 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Pentagon Claims Success in Test of New Tactic to Down Incoming Missiles
The Pentagon said that a test on Monday of a new tactic for intercepting missiles aimed at American cities was a success, in an exercise that appeared intended to simulate how the United States would defend against an adversary like North Korea.
