Russia’s decision to withdraw its troops from Syria and pressure Bashar to make peace may be linked to its agreement with Saudi Arabia to freeze oil production
Saudi Arabia and Iran: A new Cold War
Rather than being on the verge of a Shia – Sunni war with potentially devastating consequences for the Middle East and the word, it seems likely that Iran and Saudi Arabia will experience a cold war making peaceful resolution of the region´s conflicts more difficult.
Two views of the U.S. and the World
This week, U.S. President, Barak Obama and the Republican candidates painted very different visions for the U.S. and the world with the former one based on hope and the other on fear.
2016: Fractious politics and big problems
At a time when the world faces a number of serious problems, politics in the U.S., Spain, and other countries has become increasingly fractious with few real leaders in sight
Culture and Climate Change
More than 100 years ago, an American Geographer, Ellen Churchill Sempel, put forward the idea that the natural environment has an enormous impact on people and the culture they develop. Applying Ms. Sempel’s ideas to our own time, the issue of how the world either deals with the threat of climate change or adapt to its effects will have an impact on our cultures and societies.
