11/07/2023
09/07/2023
"O que preocupa as pessoas são temas diferentes"
A
porta voltou a abrir-se à saída de mais um governante - o 13º em
ano e meio de maioria absoluta. O ritmo abrandou, mas a falta de
vergonha e de noção mantém-se. A verdade é que governar deixou de ser coisa de gente séria. Ainda que uns poucos da velha guarda permaneçam impolutos, o grande legado da governação de Costa é a arte da finta. Pelo caminho, fica o país mal governado e mal
amanhado, fruto das medidas de gestão de crise tomadas com o mero
propósito de limpar a cara e garantir a sobrevivência política.
. Joana Petiz
O que preocupa (?!) as pessoas são temas diferentes.
Escrito/Editado por
David R. Oliveira
07/07/2023
Europe’s Real Test Is Yet to Come
Will the Continent Ever Get Serious About Its Own Security?
It
is not yet clear if Ukraine will win the war, but Russia is
definitely losing. On every metric of national power, Moscow’s
position has worsened since the invasion began, and that change has
already shifted the position of other global powers. The United
States and NATO have grown more credible. China has gained a Russian
vassal and is now the clear leader of the autocratic world. The
European Union has done much better than many anticipated, but it may
yet be the biggest loser, thanks less to an overaggressive Russia
than to an overconfident China. The EU can likely weather the fallout
from this war, but it could be critically challenged in the next one.
Most
Americans think of the EU as a free trade area with frills. Nothing
could be further from the truth. Forged in the aftermath of World War
II, the institutions that would become the EU were designed to bind
the continent together so tightly that another war among Europeans
would become unthinkable. In this, the bloc has succeeded
brilliantly, helping deliver Europe’s longest period of peace in
centuries. But Europeans made a mistake in assuming that others
shared their worldview. Neither Russia, nor Middle Eastern powers,
nor China ever believed that war was impossible, a position that most
European leaders
found hard to accept. Eastern Europeans who warned their friends in western Europe about Russian President Vladimir Putin were haughtily dismissed. Since February 2022, the reality of the Russian threat has become clear, as has the weakness of the European defense. Although Europe has made significant military and humanitarian contributions to Ukraine, from German tanks to Polish and Slovak fighter jets, the United States has been the main organizer and coordinator of the response to Russia’s invasion, providing intelligence and managing the operation in support of Kyiv.
found hard to accept. Eastern Europeans who warned their friends in western Europe about Russian President Vladimir Putin were haughtily dismissed. Since February 2022, the reality of the Russian threat has become clear, as has the weakness of the European defense. Although Europe has made significant military and humanitarian contributions to Ukraine, from German tanks to Polish and Slovak fighter jets, the United States has been the main organizer and coordinator of the response to Russia’s invasion, providing intelligence and managing the operation in support of Kyiv.
Escrito/Editado por
David R. Oliveira
02/07/2023
09/06/2023
Um sensato 'discurso'
"Tinha de me pronunciar sobre o pêndulo e sobre o sino: escolhi sobretudo o som"
Victor Segalen
sobre um encantamento e das criaturas que, através de um mecanismo curioso (Marcel Couche, Orientation philosophique, 1990), "graças à ausência de resposta, para tudo têm resposta" e também, a talho de foice, do risco de — tão grande e desconcertante é a facilidade com se busca e pretende impôr um 'ideal' — desembocar no contrário.
Escrito/Editado por
David R. Oliveira
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