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Nov 30, 2023, 10:01 AM

The best has died

Henry Kissinger tells a White House news conference that "peace is at hand in Vietnam," on Oct. 26, 1972. (AP Photo, File)

The best has died: Dr Henry A. Kissinger, 1923-2023 Throughout his hundred years of life, Dr Henry A. Kissinger set such an outstanding standard as an intellectual and statesman to the point of dwarfing his predecessors and successors in the positions...

Nov 17, 2023, 6:23 AM

News from San Francisco

The Biden-Xi Summit and the Need of Stabilizing the Sino-American Relationship The Filoli Estate, on the outskirts of San Francisco (California), provided the setting for the long-awaited summit between US President Joe Biden and the People's Republic of China leader...

Nov 9, 2023, 9:00 PM

Iran in Our Border: Bolivia and Tehran´s Latin American Policy

Four weeks after the Hamas heinous terrorist attack against the State of Israel, concern is rising in our region over the position of several Latin American governments regarding the conflict. Predictably, the governments of the Castro-Chavist dictatorships of Cuba, Venezuela,...

Nov 5, 2023, 3:57 AM

The Decline of World Politics

The current succession of conflicts and disruptions on the global stage seems destined to remind us that although only three decades have passed since the end of the Cold War, the world hardly resembles the one we imagined at...

Oct 7, 2023, 2:24 PM

Lessons from the 1973 Oil Shock

34a Gas Shortage Sign in Connecticut During Energy Crisis 892x600

October 6, 1973. In the State of Israel and in the rest of the world, the Jewish people observe Yom Kippur. The opportunity provides the chance for a surprise attack by Arab countries -led by Egypt- willing to take...

Sep 27, 2023, 5:36 AM

Germany and the Costs of War

Nineteen months after the start of the Ukrainian war, the conflict seems destined to show the interdependence between geopolitical factors and the economic future of every state. A reality that does not escape even the most developed economies in...

Sep 11, 2023, 1:53 AM

The G20 and the Limits of Cooperation

The G20 and the limits of cooperation In a scenario dominated by decline in relations between Great Powers, the results of the G20 meeting in New Delhi (India) yielded the modest fruits that could be expected in a context...

Sep 3, 2023, 12:26 AM

40 Years from the Cold War KAL 007 Flight Tragedy

The KAL 007 flight tragedy and one of the most dangerous incidents of the Cold War The shooting down of a Boeing 747, with 269 passengers on board, by a Russian fighter while it was flying over Soviet territory without...

Aug 21, 2023, 6:05 AM

Seven decades after the coup against Mossadegh

Exactly seven decades ago, on August 1953, the eyes of the world fell on Iran (Persia). The Iranian crisis would lead to the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, in an event called to mark a milestone for the...

Jul 15, 2023, 9:11 AM

Ukraine´s NATO Aspirations and Bucharest Summit Lessons

Meeting in Vilnius, NATO leaders predictably rejected the Ukrainian government's claim to reach a clear timetable for their country's entry into the Atlantic alliance. At the same time, they subjected their eventual membership to the "agreement of the allies...

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About Me

Mariano Caucino was Argentine ambassador to Israel (2018-2019) and to Costa Rica (2016-2017).