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Global Consequences of the Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Economic Impacts and World Stability

20Oct

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Americas, Asia, China, U.S, Europe, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Russia

Global Consequences of the Conflict between Israel and Palestine: Economic Impacts and World Stability

The conflict between Israel and Palestine, that lasts for decades, It is an issue that transcends regional borders. Its ramifications have the potential to reconfigure the world order, both economic and political. Let's deepen our analysis of the possible repercussions of this conflict on the international scene. 1. Economic Impacts Oil Price Fluctuation: Detailing: The Middle East is responsible for a significant portion of world oil production. Any instability may interrupt supply, leading to a sudden increase in prices. Global Repercussion: Economies that rely heavily on oil imports, such as the European Union and India, may face energy crises and inflation. Besides that, exporting countries, like Ru....

the saga of india (Article 3) – the neighborhood with pakistan

4Sep

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Asia, India, Pakistan

the saga of india (Article 3) – the neighborhood with pakistan

Continuing the exercise of looking at India, I think it is important now to briefly recap its policy towards the immediate neighborhood and the guidelines that guided – and still guide – its relations with Pakistan. If we look at the map of the country we will see that the Indian subcontinent is a territory closed in on itself.: at North, the Himalayan mountain range constitutes a natural barrier, and to the south, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal act as maritime borders. This has greater importance than merely cartographic, because it defines the unique character of Indian civilization. Although isolated by geography, India suffered the influence of the people who entered its territory over the millennia and came to join the ancient Dravidian population..

the saga of india (Article 2) – Politics and Religion

5Aug

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Asia, India

the saga of india (Article 2) – Politics and Religion

Continuing my account of India's emergence as a great power, I would now like to deal with the political legacy of Rajiv Gandhi and the (of)paths taken by the “Indian National Congress” that would lead the “Bharatya Janata Party”/BJP to power. To recap...with the death of Rajiv Gandhi, in 1991, the “dynastic” Nehru/Gandhi line in the country’s leadership was interrupted. His two children, Rahul and Priyanka, they were teenagers; therefore, there were still no conditions for the “Indian National Congress” to leverage them into political positions. It remained, however, Rajiv's Italian wife, Sonia, who suffered, So, rejection by party “patrons”, for being a woman and a foreigner. Born in a village near Vicenza, in the Italian region of Veneto, She had met Rajiv when both....

4Aug

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Asia, India

the saga of india (Article 1)

THE STORY... The recent visit of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to the United States, crowned the image of greater power, that currently only the United States and China enjoy in international public opinion. Modi was received with honors granted by Americans only to the greatest world leaders. He was given the treatment of Head of State, although he is head of government. As reported by “The Economist”, “...Modi became one of the few foreign leaders, together with Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Volodmir Zelenski to attend a joint session of Congress more than once.”. Also according to the English newspaper “...the global influence of the South Asian giant is increasing rapidly. Its economy is the fifth largest on the planet. Your diaspora....

world water reserves: the challenge between solution and domination

18Jul

By Rodrigo CintraNo Comments

Americas, Asia, Canada, China, U.S, International Organizations, European Union

world water reserves: the challenge between solution and domination

Proper management of water resources is a global challenge due to increasing water scarcity in many regions of the world.. In an effort to address this critical issue, some countries like Canada, China, United States and the members of the European Union have sought to create supranational rules for the management of water reserves. The creation of supranational rules is understood as a strategy to face the question insofar as it allows: International cooperation: Water is a transboundary resource, and many river basins span multiple countries. The creation of supranational rules aims to promote cooperation between nations to face common challenges in the management of water reserves, like scarcity, pollution and equitable distribution of water resources..

7Jul

By Paulo Roberto da Silva Gomes FilhoNo Comments

Americas, Asia, China, U.S, Europe, UK, Russia, Ukraine

500 days of war in ukraine

Today, complete each other 500 days since Russian troops crossed Ukrainian borders, in 24 February of last year, in what they predicted would be a fulminating military action, with which they hoped to defeat the Ukrainian army, removing President Zelensky from power and replacing him with a ruler “friendly” to the Russian regime. The Russian invasion is blatantly illegal. Contrary, not minimum, three instruments of International Law to which the country is a signatory. The first is the UN Charter, specifically as provided for in no. 4 of article 2, which provides that “Members (da him) shall avoid in their international relations the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political dependence of any State.”. The second is the Budapest Memorandum, of 1994, in which...

20Jun

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Asia, Vietnam

and vietnam, hein?

Photo of Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum I have read little about Vietnam in our media. I chose to deal with it when I read this month’s “The Diplomat” article, intitulado “Remembering Vietnam´s Great Famine”, by French-Vietnamese analyst Christelle Nguyen. Contextualizing, The Investment Bank “Goldman Sachs”, the same as in a study of 2001 of its then chief economist, Jim O´Neil, intitulado “Building Better Global Economic BRICs”, formulated the concept of emerging economies that would succeed advanced ones in the leading role of globalization, launched, in 2005, the concept of “Next Eleven”, the set of eleven countries with the potential to appear together with the BRICS among the largest economies in this century. The criteria adopted were factors such as stability...

Japan and India: an indispensable partnership?

19May

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Asia, India, Japan

Japan and India: an indispensable partnership?

ITP no day 20 March, the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kisihida, made an official visit to India. In New Delhi he gave a speech at the influential “Indian Council for World Affairs”, titled “The Future of the Indo-Pacific – Japan’s New Plan for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific” together with India: an Indispensable Partner”. That's when he announced a comprehensive plan for the region titled "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" /FOIP. He recalled that this project, which aims to politically and economically interconnect the Pacific and Indian Oceans, had been proposed by him, in 2015, before the same audience, following the vision of then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs. the review sought to stimulate clean energy for industries and transport, Japan and India should jointly lead the region, e...

18Apr

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Asia, China

Hot weather in the South China Sea

The international press reported the expansion, from yesterday, 11/04, US Armed Forces Exercises in the Philippines. According to Estadão, these would be “the largest war maneuvers in the history of the Indo-Pacific region”, gathering more than 17 thousand soldiers, and military observers from Japan and Australia off the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea. The objective would be to monitor the clashes that are being sharpened there, especially in view of the alleged Chinese invasion in the region.. The good relationship of the current Philippine President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. - son of Ferdinand Marcos who dominated Philippine political life throughout the second half of the 20th century - with the americans, provided the initiative. Only... these islands are, along with the islands ...

3Mar

By Fausto GodoyNo Comments

Asia, India

India at the crossroads

The recent article by Estadão “China, India and the New World Order”, sets the tone for these reflections of mine: the call states that “the competition between a powerful China, but in population decline and an India on the rise but with serious delays to overcome, impact the economic and geopolitical order.”. thought provoking, sim, but obvious?...It is comforting to have lived a long time to be able to calmly reflect on the impermanence and transience of world power.. When I was born, in June 1945, the planetary “hegemon” was... Great Britain (“the sun never sets on the British Empire”, even in Africa?)! But at that very moment Europe, torn apart by World War II, reluctantly began the deconstruction of the colonial empire that had made its fortune throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. At...