Tag: Global South
Chile’s 37-Year-Old President, Gabriel Boric, Makes a Dramatic Visit to D.C.
50 Years After “the Other 9/11”: Remembering the Chilean Coup
September 11, 2023
Some personal reflections on history, memory, and the survival of democracies.
At precisely 13:50 on September 11, 1973, Gen. Javier Palacios sent a succinct message of six words from the Presidential Palace of La Moneda in Santiago de Chile to his superiors in the Armed Forces who had, that
Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide
Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be declassified.
On August
The Risks of a Cold War With China
A new cold War has come to seem all but inevitable. Tensions between China and the United States are mounting in step with Beijing’s growing power and ambition. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has poisoned its relations with the West and pushed Moscow and Beijing closer together, pitting a democratic bloc anchored by the United States against an autocratic one anchored by China and Russia. Much as it did in the 20th century, Washington is teaming up with allies in Europe
Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off
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What Qatar’s World Cup Tells Us About the World in 2022
This Is the End of the American Century
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Climate Change Has Exposed the Decline of the American Empire
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Wealthy Countries Have Left the Rest of the World Behind
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