Pedro Rodríguez -- Afghanistan and the post-American world
Between the assault on the Capitol and the withdrawal from Kabul: the disturbing end of an era The withdrawal from Afghanistan is not what it seems. It is not a short-lived international news story, nor a distant event encapsulated 8,000 kilometres away. Nor should it be a new opportunity for politicians to give themselves a new lease on life.
Post-pandemic thinking
Always on the fence about world order, Henry Kissinger is quite clear: a completely different world will emerge from the current surreal atmosphere of Covid-19. As the former Secretary of State explained in the Wall Street Journal, the end of the pandemic will inevitably produce a reckoning for the failures of [...]