Publications
The Strategy
“A strategy”, writes Lawrence Freedman*, “is about getting more out of a situation than the starting balance of...
The Effectiveness of the Government
At the beginning of President Peña’s government the notion in vogue was that this would be a great...
Laying Odds on Development
Take a gamble on development or on influence? For developed countries, the great powers, there is no distinction:...
Asymmetry Helps
At a conference in the Middle East on the future of the region I came upon a response...
My Readings 2013
I recently had access to a marvelous read, The Book of Disquiet, by the poet and writer Fernando...
China in Lee’s eyes
Lee Kuan Yew, the universal statesman who made possible the transformation of a filthy harbor, saturated with corruption...
Keep Your Eye On the Ball
“The old is dying and the new cannot be born: in the interregnum a great variety of morbid...
Value Chains
“Each tells the tale as it went for him at the fair” says a popular old refrain. The...
Supply and demand of natural gas in Mexico
In a scenario where the pipeline network integrated by NITS is expanding, CIDAC believes that emphasis should be...
First Year
Once when the Duke of Richelieu (1766‒1822), the French statesman, was planning a military campaign, an officer placed...