The International Dimension of Al Shabaab's Terrorism

23/09/2013. Rogelio Alonso. The magnitude and brutality of the terrorist attack in Nairobi have deeply affected international public opinion, thus achieving the effect sought by the Islamist terrorists of Al Shabaab, responsible for it.

Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel is the favourite in the German general elections on 22nd September

19/09/2013. Corinne Deloy. 61.8 million Germans, i.e. 400,000 less than in 2009 are being called to ballot on 22nd September next to renew the members of the Bundestag, the lower chamber of parliament. 3 million young people will be voting for the first time, i.e 4.8% of the total number of voters.

Karl Popper and what politics can learn from science

17/09/2013. Ángel Rivero. Karl Popper (Vienna 1902 - London 1994) was a peculiar liberal whose contribution deserves to be remembered nearly two decades after his death. Unlike other liberal thinkers and philosophers, Popper did not come to liberalism through the knowledge of liberal political thought or the political experience of liberalism.

Elections in Moscow

12/09/2013. Álvaro Rubio. On September 8 local elections were held in most of the cities and regions of Russia (not all). It was the first time since 2003, when it was decided that the person appointing mayors and governors would be the President of the Russian Federation. 

Spain, Now the Important Issues

31/07/2013. Mauricio Rojas. After overcoming the most urgent issue, which was to avoid sinking as a country, it's time for Spain to devote itself to the important issues: tackling the underlying problems that led it to the brink. 

Recalling Stalingrad

30/07/2013. Martín Alonso. The Führer wanted to annex Russia up to the Urals and enslave the Soviet population. Hitler knew very well how to kill outsiders. Stalin killed even more and better, but of his own, including almost all the officers of the Red Army and Navy in the years before the War.

Peru, Real Independence and Formal Independence 

29/07/2013. Martín Santiváñez Vivanco. Peruvians celebrate our independence engaged in improving government performance. State-building has been, from the inception of the Republic, an essential part of what Jorge Basadre called "the promise of Peruvian life." 

The Democratic Muse of Antonio Machado

26/07/2013. Jon Juaristi. "Am I classical or romantic?" Antonio Machado Ruiz asked himself in his Autorretrato. As it is known, he left this question unanswered. But this does not mean that the question was meaningless.