Oscar Silva-Valladares

The 2022 Russo-Ukraine War after 100 Days

A destroyed Russian Tank near Mariupol; UKraine war, cc Mvs.gov.ua, modified, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&redirs=0&search=ukraine%20war%20tank&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns14=1&title=Special:Search&advanced=1&fulltext=Advanced%20search#/media/File:Destruction_of_Russian_tanks_by_Ukrainian_troops_in_Mariupol_(2).jpg

After a string of early victories, the tide appears to be slowly turning against Kiev in the Ukraine war.

Sun-Tzu on Peru’s Political Battlefield

cc Flickr Txolo , modified, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=500&offset=0&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns14=1&search=peru+election+2021#/media/File:Marcha_No_a_Keiko_22_de_mayo_2021.jpg

How would the legendary Chinese strategist evaluate the political conflict brewing in Peru?

Saudi Arabia: A Revolution from the Top?

Saudi Arabia Riyadh skyline, Generated by Google Gemini AI on August 15, 2025. All flags, maps, and likenesses contained within this image are not necessarily accurate representations of reality.

Big changes are brewing in Saudi society. Will they be embraced or resisted by the monarchy?

Marxism in the 21st Century: Dead or Alive?

Marx, Generated by Google Gemini AI on August 15, 2025. All flags, maps, and likenesses contained within this image are not necessarily accurate representations of reality.

Did Marxism die with the collapse of the Soviet Union? Or is there still something it can tell us about today’s society.

Catalonia and Spain: The End of the Beginning?

Generated by Google Gemini AI on August 15, 2025. All flags, maps, and likenesses contained within this image are not necessarily accurate representations of reality.

There’s only one road that leads to peaceful reconciliation, and it continues to elude the Spanish authorities.

Trump, Exceptionalism, and the Russian Boogeyman in US Foreign Policy

Trump Graffitti, Generated by Google Gemini AI on August 14, 2025. All flags, maps, and likenesses contained within this image are not necessarily accurate representations of reality.

How different will US foreign policy look under President Trump?

American Decline and the Limits of Academic Thinking

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at Yokota Air Base | November 5, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) / modified

A new Harvard report has cast some light on American decline and the US presidential race, but it also illustrates the limits of academic thinking.

The Brexit and How Democracy Works in Mysterious Ways

UK Abstraction, Generated by Google Gemini AI on August 8, 2025. All flags, maps, and likenesses contained within this image are not necessarily accurate representations of reality.

To understand dispassionately the meaning of the Brexit vote we need to consider if it was a genuinely democratic decision.

An Immigrant’s Case for Brexit

UK Abstraction, Generated by Google Gemini AI on August 8, 2025. All flags, maps, and likenesses contained within this image are not necessarily accurate representations of reality.

One immigrant’s view on whether Britain should remain in the EU or not.

Donald Trump: a New Dawn in US Foreign Policy?

US President Donald Trump, cc Gage Skidmore, modified, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

In terms of foreign policy vision, there’s less separating Donald Trump and President Obama than you might think.

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