Three weeks before the launch of Operation Epic Fury, a development of major significance for international security went largely unnoticed. New START, the last remaining agreement limiting and reducing strategic nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia, expired without either side moving to renew it. As a result, for the first time since 1972, […]
I. Introduction Geopolitics has become an omnipresent word in public debate on international relations, security, and economics; as a result, it is being used to describe virtually any phenomenon of a global nature. This semantic expansion has emptied the concept of analytical content, making it harder to understand complex security and strategic dynamics, and thus […]
ATHENALAB DOCUMENT No. 3 | Tracking the Evolution of the Conflict What has occurred since our last report on the conflict? Twenty days have passed since the start of Operation Epic Fury. The conflict has exceeded the short-term projections outlined in earlier reports and has consolidated into a medium-intensity regional conflict with no clear signs […]
Chile is in the process of consolidating its cybersecurity institutional framework, yet the global environment demands more than regulatory compliance. In the face of the “militarization” of cyberspace and the prepositioning of major powers within critical networks, the country must transition from incident management toward a strategic approach to digital security. Over the past decade, […]
ATHENALAB DOCUMENT No. 2 | MONITORING THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT I. What has happened? Over the past 48 hours, the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran has escalated following a joint offensive against Iranian strategic facilities, including nuclear program sites, command centers, military complexes linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), […]
Chile for decades finessed the geopolitical rivalry between China, its top trading partner, and the US, its leading foreign investor. Those days seem to be over. Just days ahead of a summit of Latin American leaders in Miami and two weeks before a right-wing government takes over in Santiago, the US imposed visa restrictions on […]
The future of the “White Continent” might be in question as great powers reactivate their spheres of influence, an expert writes.
The vote pits left- and right-wing approaches to tackling crime and redefining the country’s alignment with global partners.
“Latin America in Global Geopolitics”, recently available in English, it is a publication of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Peruvian Army, the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College, and the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. Juan Pablo Toro, executive director of AthenaLab, contributed a chapter to the […]
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a “special military operation.” What Moscow’s leadership planned as an offensive lasting a few days to reach Kyiv was unsuccessful and repelled. After three years of war, operations have spread to Ukraine’s oblasts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, […]
