Relación economía y guerra

Militarización y cambio climático. La geografía mundial de ocupación militar estadounidense y la huella ecológica del Pentágono

Model major-general. How AI is changing warfare

How China and Russia could hobble the internet

Fuelling the flames in Gaza. Exploring the legal consequences for states and corporations involved in supplying jet fuel to the Israeli military

Les liaisons dangereuses de l’industrie française de l’armement avec Israël

An autocratic bromance. The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience

Our projects in Israel

New Research Exposes Countries and Companies Supplying the Oil Fueling Palestinian Genocide

Israeli crude and fuel supply chains

Revealed: How the global oil industry is fueling Israel’s war on Gaza

Una megaderrota para las megatecnológicas

Gun, boat, diplomacy. Welcome to the new era of global sea power

Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California's Climate Laws to the World

Diplomacia energética en pleno genocidio

Everything, everywhere, all at once. From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up

Rapid Antarctic Melting Looks Certain, Even if Emissions Goals Are Met

The True Threat of Artificial Intelligence

El Reino Unido utiliza tecnología de reconocimiento facial para prevenir hurtos

Electronic warfare. The latest in the battle of jamming with electronic beams

Lessons from Ukraine. The war in Ukraine shows how technology is changing the battlefield

Los líderes del sector advierten sobre el 'riesgo de extinción' de la inteligencia artificial

EE. UU. necesita minerales para los carros eléctricos. Los demás países también

Grupo Wagner y su intento por apropiarse del oro en Sudán

China and the world. Is Chinese power about to peak?

Mountain range. How soon and at what height will China's economy peak?

The U.S. Needs Minerals for Electric Cars. Everyone Else Wants Them Too

Superpower showdown. China v America: how Xi Jinping plans to narrow the military gap

De-Americanize': How China Is Remaking Its Chip Business

Can the World Make an Electric Car Battery Without China?

Sun Tzu's slide-rule. How China measures national power

Digital capitalism is a mine not a cloud. Exploring the extractivism at the root of the data economy

How ChatGPT Kicked Off an A.I. Arms Race

Diario de la crisis 5. Guerra y moneda

Putin buscaba lealtad y la encontró en África

Tying up Goliath. Activist strategies for confronting and harnessing digital power

Militarising Big Tech. The Rise of Silicon Valley's Digital Defence Industry

Zimbabue veta exportaciones de litio; exenta a mineras chinas

The Daring Ruse That Exposed China's Campaign to Steal American Secrets

Docks, stocks and many floating barrels. The war in Ukraine has reshaped the world's fuel markets

The Middle East. An energy crisis and geopolitics are creating a new-look Gulf

Élite de Davos a la deriva frente a “policrisis” del capitalismo global

El clima y la guerra

An uncertain future. For Western democracies, the price of avoiding a clash with China is rising

A new order. China wants to change, or break, a world order set by others

U.S. Restricts Sales of Sophisticated Chips to China and Russia

Defence is the best offence. Can tech reshape the Pentagon?

The U.S. is preparing war with China and Russia at the same time

New cold war, new compromises. How Vladimir Putin provokes—and complicates—the struggle against autocracy

Geopolitics and energy. Why energy insecurity is here to stay

Confronting Russia shows the tension between free trade and freedom

The alternative world order. The war in Ukraine will determine how China sees the world

Nationally determined contributors. State-run oil giants will make or break the energy transition

A dark state. Vladimir Putin is in thrall to a distinctive brand of Russian fascism

Así se derrumbó el capitalismo en mi Sri Lanka

War and Warming Upend Global Energy Supplies and Amplify Suffering

Value-chain reaction. Russia's war is creating corporate winners and losers

Age of Scarcity Begins With $1.6 Trillion Hit to World Economy

As War Rages, a Struggle to Balance Energy Crunch and Climate Crisis

Economic freedom v political freedom. Globalisation and autocracy are locked together. For how much longer?

Full metal jackpot. The transition to clean energy will mint new commodity superpowers

Facial Recognition Goes to War

La tormenta perfecta ya está aquí

Los tanques entraron a Ucrania y también los programas de 'malware'. Entonces Microsoft se involucró en la guerra

Éxodo masivo de empresas occidentales de Rusia

Guerra, ecofascismo, colapso: intuiciones

La primera guerra de la 'Era del Descenso Energético'

Volunteer Hackers Converge on Ukraine Conflict With No One in Charge

El miedo a la pandemia cede paso a la fiebre por los refugios antibombas

Grain damage. War in Ukraine will cripple global food markets

Fuel, food and fury. War and sanctions have caused commodities chaos

War Abroad and Politics at Home Push U.S. Climate Action Aside

The world economy. A new age of economic conflict

Advancing on all fronts. Russia's attack on Ukraine means more military spending

The Battle for the World's Most Powerful Cyberweapon

La solución verde. Crisis, Green New Deal y relaciones de propiedad capitalista

El femi-geno-cidio y el trabajo de maquilas en México

Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight

Imperio petroquímico

Smart Borders or a Humane World?

The Third Revolution in Warfare

The Emerging Risk of Virtual Societal Warfare

The 9/11 complex. The political economy of counter-terrorism

Neoextractivism and state violence: Defending the defenders in Latin America

From Xinjiang to Mississippi: Terror Capitalism, Labour and Surveillance

Los nuevos retos de las superpotencias: los ataques cibernéticos

Inventing the future. A growing number of governments hope to clone America's DARPA

Blurring the monopoly on violence: Private Military and Security Companies and coercive state power

No business without enemies: War and the arms trade

Humanitarian Emergencies. Climate Disasters, Civil Disorder, and U.S. Military Relief Operations

That Was Fast: Blowups With China and Russia in Biden's First 60 Days

Plane expensive. Why taking pilots out of planes has been more expensive than anticipated

Great-Power Clashes. The Melting Arctic and Other Conflict Zones

Preparing for Retaliation Against Russia, U.S. Confronts Hacking by China

Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age

Away From Silicon Valley, the Military Is the Ideal Customer

The Innovation Wars. America's Eroding Technological Advantage

La bataille des terres rares passe par la relance de la production hors de Chine

China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defence industry

Hay que detener el 'río de hierro' de armas hacia México

Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, U.N. Report Says

A World Besieged. The Climate Threat to American National Security

All Hell Breaking Loose. The Pentagon Perspective on Climate Change

China-Latin America Arms Sales. Antagonizing the United States in the Western Hemisphere?

Disputa por el Ártico: China y Rusia frente a Estados Unidos

Shadow Government. Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World

Technology and geopolitics. The struggle over chips enters a new phase

Biden’s Choice for Pentagon Faces Questions on Ties to Contractors

A new architecture. Chipmaking is being redesigned. Effects will be far-reaching

The future of armed conflict. America's approach to command and control goes peer to peer

Geopolítica del rompehielos

¿Se avecina una guerra por las tierras raras?

Una Armada en el mar. El poderío de la flota pesquera china

Trump Pardons Two Russia Inquiry Figures and Blackwater Guards

Cómo pasó el CJNG de ser célula de sicarios a un cártel a escala global

Una denuncia asegura que guardias mexicanos armados contratados de manera irregular vigilan el muro de Trump

Exploratory notes on the origins of new fascisms

Scaling back. Why commercial ties between Taiwan and China are beginning to fray

China extiende su alcance en el Caribe y descoloca a Estados Unidos

Legitimacy Beyond the State? Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors

Les filières turques de mercenaires syriens en Azerbaïdjan

Jeff Bezos's Company Is Carrying Cargo to Space. It's Not Amazon

More Than a A Wall - Introduction

Capitalismo terminal. Anotaciones a la sociedad implosiva

Executive Summary

The economics of the global defense industry

Creative destruction. How America's war on Huawei may boost Chinese technology

Russian Intelligence Hackers Are Back, Microsoft Warns, Aiming at Officials of Both Parties

Espías, hackeos y agencias de seguridad: la otra cara de las vacunas contra el coronavirus

National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget

At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by America’s War on Terror

Anti-China Hysteria Drives Record 2021 U.S. Defense Spending

The hacker and the state

The History of Private Security and Its Impact on the Modern Security Sector

The Growth of the “Camo Economy” and the Commercialization of the Post-9/11 Wars

The State Behind the iPhone

China's Military Provokes Its Neighbors, but the Message Is for the United States

Climate terror. A critical geopolitics of climate change

Guerre de mercenaires entre la Russie et la Turquie en Libye

On the Economics of Not Dying

Cyber-defence. America rethinks its strategy in the Wild West of cyberspace

To your good stealth. A beery European spy club is revealed. How the Danes, Swedes, Germans and Dutch shared secrets

A YouTube mystery. Google's removal of anti-Beijing comments raises political eyebrows

Soldiers of misfortune. Why African governments still hire mercenaries. Professional gunmen are cheap, efficient and deniable

Immaculate misconceptions. America's latest salvo against Huawei is aimed at chipmaking in China

By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya. Then the Plan Went South

El gobierno de Maduro: ¿cada vez más cercado por invasores extranjeros?

I Could Solve Most of Your Problems': Eric Schmidt's Pentagon Offensive

War as the Continuation of Hegemony by Other Means: How Contemporary Wars Reach into Societies

The Battle for Another World: The Progressive Response to the New Right

Getting to Less. The Truth About Defense Spending

Strategic pile-up. The idea that some industries are too important to leave to markets is back on the agenda

Made in China. Will the Wuhan virus become a pandemic

The Market for Force. The Consequences of Privatizing Security

Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups

The blame game. Amid the pandemic, Sino-American relations are worsening

Opinion: Putin's historic oil misstep

Estimating the arms sales of Chinese companies

Crises are fueling the global arms trade: SIPRI report

The CEO who loved me. Spies often use businesses as cover. It can end in tears

Facing the Anthropocene. Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System

An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away

Judge Halts Work on Microsoft's JEDI Contract, a Victory for Amazon

Empresarios y economistas afirman que el combate al coronavirus en China ha llegado demasiado lejos

Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools

You Are Now Remotely Controlled

Oil and Gas May Be a Far Bigger Climate Threat Than We Knew

London Police Are Taking Surveillance to a Whole New Level

Solicitan a la SCJN atraer el juicio contra las cámaras de reconocimiento facial

Chinese investment in Eurasia is not always smooth

Smartphones Are Spies. Here's Whom They Report To

El dilema del crédito chino

La compañía misteriosa que podría acabar con la privacidad que conocemos

Cyber-security. Huawei is a cyber-security risk. But risks can be managed

Friendly fire. A shooting puts the spotlight on military training for allies. What does America get out of training troops for repressive allies?

The spying business. Western firms should not sell spyware to tyrants

Disaster capitalism. Making a killing out of catastrophe

Marx in the Cloud

Hacia un nuevo espacio neofascista global

El gran negocio de los nuevos muros que proliferan en Europa

The resource curse. How west Africa's gold rush is funding jihadists. Weak states cannot secure the mines from extremists

¿Puede ser Alemania una potencia militar mundial?

Inside America's Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program

El negocio de construir muros

Words and weapons. How to stop Cameroon collapsing into a full-fledged civil war. Protests by English-speakers have morphed into a bloody conflict

Climate change and armed conflict

Pentagon, With an Eye on China, Pushes for Help From American Tech

Microsoft Wins Pentagon's $10 Billion JEDI Contract, Thwarting Amazon

Who can trust Trump's America? Donald Trump's betrayal of the Kurds is a blow to America's credibility. It will take years to mend

The Complex. How The Military Invades Our Everyday Lives

The view from Beijing. In Beijing, views of America have become deeply cynical. Many officials are frustrated with Donald Trump

Acquired taste. Western firms increasingly admire—and want—Chinese technology. The trade war and animosity

The future. America and China must manage their rivalry or risk disaster. Building trust will be at the center of that process

Xi's embrace of false history and fearsome weapons is worrying China's leader is stoking hair-trigger nationalism with his idea that the Communist Party never makes mistakes

One thousand and one sleepless nights. The trade war and finance. Alibaba's experience shows how relations between America and China have soured

United States of Fear

The obstacle course. Will the Democrats’ green schemes make any difference? Climate issue: Presidential candidates are competing to show off their environmental ambitions

At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds

Así usan el camuflaje digital los manifestantes de Hong Kong

Circuit breaker. Big tech and the trade war. As the fight spreads, it is becoming a danger to investors, consumers and American interests

Donald Trump unveils Space Command. The Space Force, which it will one day instruct, may be some time.

Does the U.S. Economy Require Military Spending?

China usa LinkedIn para reclutar espías extranjeros

Los robots asesinos podrían decidir las guerras del futuro

Congo's challenge. How do you reform a country where gunmen torch Ebola clinics? Fighting an epidemic in a war zone is hard. But not impossible

Carbon emissions from energy industry rise at fastest rate since 2011. BP report reveals swings in global temperatures are increasing use of fossil fuels

Estados Unidos apunta a la red eléctrica de Rusia en una guerra fría digital

Who gets to own the West? A new group of billionaires is shaking up the landscape

The guns of August. The trade war escalates, and the fog of war descends. America brands China a currency manipulator, and global markets swoon

The Pentagon Labyrinth. 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It

Crime waves. The Gulf of Guinea is now the world's worst piracy hotspot. The tricks that baffled buccaneers off Somalia and South-East Asia may not help in west Africa

Magnetic attraction. Rare earths give China leverage in the trade war, at a cost. If China cuts off exports, it would hurt America but also undermine its own long-term economic goals

If it bleeds, pay heed. Ebola is a reminder of why the world should pay attention to Congo. Local wars make it much harder to stop an epidemic from going global

Wheat is a weapon': US gov-funded, Democrat-linked think tank proposes starving Syrian civilians to weaken Assad

Hypersonic Missiles Are Unstoppable. And They’re Starting a New Global Arms Race.

Russia and China. Partnership is much better for China than it is for Russia. Just how much better might not become clear for a few years yet

Counter-flow. Financial links between China and America deepen, despite the trade war. The two superpowers are at each other's necks, but also in each other's pockets

Tu rostro está entrenando a las herramientas de reconocimiento facial

JEDI orders. Amazon is eyeing billions in federal contracts. The American bureaucracy may prove a lucrative customer

The UTC-Raytheon deal highlights the changing nature of war. Better to fight the next one than the last

Orbital ecosystem. A new business in small satellites orbiting the Earth. Looking at the Earth from above

Trump Is Losing His Trade Wars. The pain is real, but the coerción isn't

How to Lose a Trade War

Surveillance technology. America mulls regulating facial recognition. The rare issue that unites left and right

In high detail. Using AI to speed up the processing of space images. Where no neural network has gone before

Weapons of mass disruption. America is deploying a new economic arsenal to assert its power. That is counterproductive and dangerous

Policing and technology. America is turning against facial-recognition software. But that isn't the most promising use of technology

The balance of processing power. An American ban hits China's supercomputer industry. It may not knock it out

Army dreamers. Xi Jinping wants China's armed forces to be 'world-class' by 2050. He has done more to achieve this than any of his predecessors

El bloqueo a Huawei levanta un muro digital

US-China trade war to cost $455bn in lost output, says IMF

In Washington, talk of a China threat cuts across the political divide. Amid accusations of theft and espionage, opinions have hardened

Heating up. How climate change can fuel wars. Droughts are already making conflict more likely. As the world gets hotter, mayhem could spread

Hypersonic missiles. Gliding missiles that fly faster than Mach 5 are coming. They combine the speed of intercontinental ballistic missiles with the accuracy of cruise missiles

Technology and politics. Huawei has been cut off from American technology. The ban will be excruciating at best, and fatal at worst

Military development. America's military relationship with China needs rules. Armed forces are so different now that a framework for engagement has not yet caught up

Climate of fear. How to think about global warming and war. They are linked—and that is worrying

In Baltimore and beyond, a stolen N.S.A. tool wreaks Havoc

Competing in technology. America still leads in technology, but China is catching up fast. Commercial competition is turning into a zero-sum contest

China v America. A new kind of cold war. How to manage the growing rivalry between America and a rising China

Missile contracts surge as US exits arms treaty: study

Berlín: activistas exigen prohibir armas autónomas

China throws a revealing party for the anniversary of its navy. Its maritime ambitions are becoming more evident

Ten Propositions on the War Economy

A trap of one's own. China tries to calm jitters about the 'Belt and Road' initiative. Though belt-and-road lending is worrisome, it is not malevolent. The real problem is overreach

Necrocapitalism

The invisible border. Technology could make a hard border disappear, but at a cost. Background surveillance would need to be high

El nuevo campo de batalla: cibermercenarios que espían para cualquier gobierno

The world this year.

U.S. Military Enters A New Era Defined By Globalization Of Its Technology Supply Chain

Google hired gig economy workers to improve artificial intelligence in controversial drone-targeting project

Defence policy. Bringing out the big guns. After 18 years of IEDs in the Middle East, America's armed forces are planning for high-tech warfare

Under the umbrella. China is waging a nationwide campaign against gang crime. It is often an excuse to crush political threats to the Communist Party

Predator pricing. The growing appetite for armed drones in the Middle East. As America holds back, China is cornering the market

Geopolitics. The new scramble for Africa. This time, the winners could be Africans themselves

Putin's pipeline. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a Russian trap. And Germany has fallen into it

Protection rocket. Saudi Arabia’s missile race. A new rocket factory is stoking fears of nuclear proliferation

The EU Defense Industry: Consolidation toward an ‘EU Army’?

The EU Defense Industry: Background

Missiles and mistrust. Russia, America and the INF. Russia's suspicion of America is a self-fulfilling prophecy

Nuclear discord. Blame Russian cheating, not America, for killing the INF treaty. In responding, America should be careful not to fuel a ruinous arms race

New vortices of power. The alliance between transnational corporations and private military security corporations in the Katanga district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

El impacto del gasto militar en el mundo: 1950-2013

Stand uneasy. A general tells Israel that its army must be still readier to fight. Arguments persist over how to keep Israel safe

Military misunderstandings. More worrying than a US-China trade war is the risk of a hot one. Better communication between their armed forces would help avoid one.

Parleying with the PLA. The US and Chinese armies struggle to learn how to talk to each other. A big problem is China's unwillingness to open up.

Capitalismo big tech. ¿Welfare o neofeudalismo digital?

Follow the Money

The Military’s Business: Designing Military Power for the Future

Sahel or high water. France may take the lead in fighting jihadists. But they risk propping up authoritarian regimes

Suing spies. America's government is putting foreign cyber-spies in the dock. Some of its own hackers are not pleased

The Military-Industrial Complex and US Military Spending After 9/11

America can't control the global flow of ideas. History has not been kind to countries' attempts at hoarding intellectual property

Corporate soldiers and international security: the rise of private military companies

Hacia un análisis feminista y dialéctico de la globalización neoliberal: el peso del complejo militar-industrial sobre las 'mujeres globales'

Mujeres, globalización y movimiento internacional de mujeres

The U.S. Imperial Triangle and Military Spending

Buyers' market. The global arms trade is booming. Buyers are spoiled for choice. Increased competition between suppliers means buyers have the upper hand

Weltmacht und Weltgeld. Die ökonomische Funktion der US-Militärmaschine im globalen Kapitalismus und die Hintergründe der neuen Finanzkrise

Taking aim at China. How to safeguard national security without scaring off investment. It is hard when the lines between friends and foe are blurred

The Military-Industrial Complex

Money overboard. Politicians are vying to splurge defence funds on boats. Not just a sign of machismo, but of great-power competition

Security screening. America and the EU are both toughening up on foreign capital. Donald Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker share suspicions of Chinese investment

In deep water. Djibouti risks dependence on Chinese largesse. China is remaking one of Africa's tiniest countries with billions of dollars in loans

Capital control. Europeans fret that Chinese investment is a security risk They worry that the Chinese government is gaining control of crucial technology firms and infrastructure.

Into the breach. Defence companies target the cyber-security market. Demand for cyber-products is growing at twice the rate of that for military hardware

Waiting for the backlash. Can Muhammad bin Salman's gamble work? The Saudi crown prince has antagonised clerics, princes and businessmen

Planning manoeuvres. China considers its response to Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. Though America has more firepower, China can still do it a lot of damage—at a cost to itself

The ultimate walled garden. China has the world’s most centralised internet system. A perfect example of a Hamiltonian internet for maximum control

A wild ride. Radical reforms in Saudi Arabia are changing the Gulf and the Arab world. The crown prince is liberalising social norms and the economy, but clamping down on political dissent, says Anton La Guardia

The Saudi revolution begins. How to ensure Muhammad bin Salman's reforms succeed. The crown prince's boldness could transform the Arab world for the better. Failure would bring more chaos

Theatre of war. As its trade tussle with America heats up, China is on the back foot

The television will be revolutionised. Netflix is moving television beyond time-slots and national markets. It may make screen-based entertainment a winner-takes-most business

Insecurity complex. Gulf states fear being encircled by Iran and abandoned by America. Alliances are shifting and Gulf leaders are even making up with Israel

Contracting out War?: Private Military Companies, Law and Regulation in the United Kingdom

Breaking the curse. Why Gulf economies struggle to wean themselves off oil. Crude still accounts, on average, for 80% of government revenues in the region

No longer just catch-up. China will soon have air power rivalling the West's. In some technologies, it has surpassed it

Playing with fire. Google runs into more flak on artificial intelligence. Its employees have won concessions on AI work for America's military

Muslims but not brothers. Saudi Arabia turns against political Islam. The crown prince tries to reform Wahhabism and isolate the Muslim Brotherhood

Innocence lost. Germany becomes the last big Western power to buy killer robots. For now, the drones will not be armed

Fire arrows. A Chinese company plans to launch a rocket into orbit this year. It will use solid fuel—a first for commercial space flight

Corporate warriors. The rise of the privatized military industry and its ramifications for international security

Losing the peace. America's strategy against Islamic State is storing up trouble. Ethnic tension in eastern Syria is increasing, to the delight of the jihadists

A farewell to arms control. Old deals to limit nuclear weapons are fraying. They may not be repaired. Politics and technology make arms control harder than ever

Military Keynesianism under the Obama Presidency

Rumble in the jungle. Glencore, a hard-slugging mining giant, meets its match in Congo. A fight between two billionaires involves a coveted mineral, cobalt

Competition in the digital age. How to tame the tech titans. The dominance of Google, Facebook and Amazon is bad for consumers and competition

Disarmageddon. Despite North Korea, arms control is unravelling. Complacent, reckless leaders have forgotten how valuable it is to restrain nuclear weapons

The relationship between globalization and militarism

Children of Merkel. Where does Germany go from here? German politics has become too quiet. It needs more democratic rough-and-tumble

The somewhat reluctant hegemon. Germany has been slow to reassess its place in the world. Germany's traditional foreign-policy doctrines are coming under pressure

The duty to deter. If Syria's despot is not punished, others will use chemical weapons. Strikes on Bashar al-Assad's air bases are justified

Military Industrial Complex (MIC)

Paper elephant. India spends a fortune on defence and gets poor value for money. The country’s millions of men and women in uniform wield mainly Soviet weapons

Arms Industry

Surveillance Capitalism. Monopoly-Finance Capital, the Military-Industrial Complex, and the Digital Age

Commercialised occupation skills: Israeli security experience as an international brand

The end of the Military-Industrial Complex: How the Pentagon Is Adapting to Globalization?

America's Awesome Military: And How to Make It Even Better

Changing the pilots. Airbus executives get swept away by a corruption investigation. A management shake-out may reawaken national rivalries at the European aerospace giant

Give and take. Drone technology has made huge strides. Originally a military technology, drones are now benefiting from rapid advances in consumer electronics