Luis Rubio Leaders inherit their circumstances, affirm Zelikow and Rice.* “Facing those circumstances between the years 1988 and 1992, some leaders chose, quite deliberately, to transform the basic operating principles of whole societies. They chose to abolish countries and create new ones. They chose to …
Antonio Navalón It is not witchcraft. It is not a miracle. It is an insight into the closest reality, knowing that there was a time when the separation of powers and the so-called bourgeois democracy was the picture painted on the wall of the history …
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In December, we published a global perspective at the end of 2023 and what could be expected this year in a special report titled “On the Eve of 2024.” In it, among many other things, we mentioned that some Central Banks and Sovereign funds had …
This month, I will start with the analysis of Mexico since the dramatic, still not so surprising, outcome of the elections creates a situation never seen before, where a populist government, without counterweights, can implement policies and change laws according to its government plan and …
Federico Reyes Heroles The deception is collective. Freedom of expression, secrecy, parties, independence of the organizers, institutional relay, respect for differences, and rules by the authorities—all of this under the watchful eye of an honest citizenry—should be sufficient guarantees. But everything—managed with malice—can become a …
Luis Rubio As Marx pointed out, history repeats itself, the first time as a tragedy, the second as a farce. For his part, Santayana argued that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Repeated or not, it is imperative not …
Antonio Navalón From North to South and East to West, it is convenient to define the moment in which the so-called democratic universe decided to sacrifice the spirit and the letter of its laws in exchange for the popularity and enlightenment of its leaders. The …
Time to rethink retirement When my mom passed away in 2012, my dad started to decline quickly, and my brother and I had to go through my parents’ bills and finances. Both my mom and dad worked great jobs for 50 years, but they were …
