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5 julio, 2021
por Felipe Sahagún
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Cómo mejorar las relaciones entre España y los EEUU (Carlos Miranda)

Nuestra relación con los EEUU es buena, pero mejorable. El “paseíllo” de Sanchez con un impertérrito Biden en la Cumbre aliada de Bruselas fue revelador. A pesar de que en la OTAN desempeñamos impecablemente nuestro papel de aliado; que contribuimos a numerosas operaciones y ejercicios aliados y a operaciones de paz de la ONU, de la UE y de la propia Alianza; y que, finalmente, favorecemos una Defensa Europea que pueda, a la vez, contribuir a la autonomía estratégica de la Unión y fortalecer el Pilar Europeo de la Alianza Atlántica, no da la sensación de que entre EEUU y España exista una relación relevante.

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5 julio, 2021
por Felipe Sahagún
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Geopolítica del Cambio Climático y Desarrollo

Durante la última década el cambio climático se ha convertido en una cuestión geopolítica de primera magnitud. Los efectos del cambio climático, como las sequías, la escasez de agua y las catástrofes naturales inducidas por el clima, tienen importantes repercusiones geopolíticas. La aceleración de la transición hacia economías neutras en carbono está transformando cada vez más las dinámicas del panorama geopolítico, en particular en un momento en el que los países se ven gravemente afectados o empiezan a recuperarse de la pandemia de la COVID-19.

Alcanzar la neutralidad climática a mediados de siglo es el punto de referencia establecido por la ciencia y al que se han comprometido más de 120 países en distintos grados. El camino para llegar a ello -como la transición del sector energético hacia las energías renovables- también debe abordar, para resultar exitoso, la equidad social y estas nuevas realidades geopolíticas.

Existe un amplio consenso en que la COP26 de Glasgow debe constituir un hito fundamental en los esfuerzos por limitar el aumento de la temperatura global por debajo de 1,5°C, pero sólo podrá tener éxito si se abordan adecuadamente las preocupaciones cruciales de los países en desarrollo, incluidas las deficiencias en adaptación y financiación.

En este contexto, será necesario un cambio real en los flujos de inversión pública y privada, especialmente en el contexto de la recuperación de la COVID-19. Esto incluye promover unas finanzas sostenibles y alinear los flujos existentes con los objetivos del Acuerdo de París.

 

4 julio, 2021
por Felipe Sahagún
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China’s nuclear arsenal

CHINA’S NUCLEAR arsenal is piddling by American or Russian standards. The country has scarcely 200 warheads, reckons America’s Department of Defence, and perhaps 100 or so inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Until last week it had only 16 known missile silos. So eyebrows were raised when satellite imagery revealed 119 new ones being built in the desert of Gansu province, in western China.

The silos, near the city of Yumen, were identified by researchers from the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies, an American think-tank, whose findings were published on June 30th in the Washington Post. These and other experts reckon that the structures are designed to house China’s newest ICBM, the DF-41, which can reach almost all of America’s mainland. The question is why so many are needed.

One theory is that they could allow China to play a “shell game”—an old conjuring trick in which a ball is placed under one of three cups, which are then shuffled. China fears that, in a crisis, America’s large and precise arsenal could wipe out China’s meagre nuclear forces. Any Chinese missiles that are still able to be launched after such an onslaught could be destroyed by American missile defences. But if China’s missiles could be moved underground between silos, America may not know which ones to strike.

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China is making long-term investments in weapons designed to jam or destroy satellites as the nation seeks to rapidly narrow the gap in space tech with the U.S. bloomberg.com/news/articles/ v @bpolitics

 

3 julio, 2021
por Felipe Sahagún
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China’s Communists at 100 (Project Syndicate)

China’s Communists at 100

As the Communist Party of China marks its centennial, it can celebrate more than 70 years of uninterrupted rule, decades of rapid economic growth, and the country’s rise to global superpower status. But will President Xi Jinping’s domestic clampdown and aggressive foreign policy ensure the survival of one-party rule, or hasten its decline?

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3 julio, 2021
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The global normalcy index (The Economist)

The Economist

Is the world returning to pre-pandemic life? Find out with our interactive tracker

UPDATED ON JUNE 30TH

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 many have wondered when the world will return to “normal”. But whether things will ever go back to the way they were is unclear: remote working looks set to continue, for example, and going to the movies may never be as popular as it used to be.

The Economist has devised a “normalcy index” to track how behaviour has changed, and continues to change, because of the pandemic. Our index comprises eight indicators, split into three domains. The first grouping is transport and travel: public transport in big cities; the amount of traffic congestion in those same cities; and the number of international and domestic flights. The second looks at recreation and entertainment: how much time is spent outside the home; cinema box-office revenues (a proxy measure for cinema attendance); and attendance at professional sports events. The third is retailing and work: footfall in shops; and occupancy of offices (measured by workplace footfall in big cities).

Our index covers 50 of the world’s largest economies that together account for 90% of global GDP and 76% of the world’s population. Our aggregate measure is the population-weighted average of each country’s score. The pre-pandemic level of activity is set at 100 for ease of comparison. The tracker is updated with new data once a week.

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3 julio, 2021
por Felipe Sahagún
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How to cope with the climate apocalypse (FT)

Financial Times, July 1, 2021

Simon Kuper 

Many people in rich countries tend to structure their lives as if on a spreadsheet. They plan their careers at 17 and their pensions at 25. A couple having a baby is projecting its genes 90 years ahead. Our generation of westerners, raised in the most peaceful era in history, has come to imagine our personal futures as foreseeable. Continue leyendo →