ISDEI Instituto de Seguridad, Defensa y Estudios Internacionales

By  Zosimo Camacho  (translated from Spanish by  Daniel Edgar ) The sad spectacle of the presidential campaigns – with the grotesque squandering of resources, the lack of ideas amongst the presidential candidates and the absence of clear postures with regard to the real problems of the country – have saturated the agenda of the mass media, as is always the case. Certain topics, such as the Indigenous communities, tribes and nations of Mexico, are automatically vetoed by the majority of the mass media. None of the aspirants to the presidential palace have referred to the original peoples of Mexico with sincerity. Generally they are mentioned in the context of the theme: ‘vulnerable groups’. And they do so from a position that is paternalistic, injurious, authoritarian, insulting, and based on total ignorance. The Indigenous people don’t matter to them. They make superficial gestures and statements to try and hide their racism and contempt. The Indian communities in ...

Image: russianplanes.net / Artem Anikeev Written by  Federico Pieraccini ; Originally appeared on  strategic-culture.org As recently confirmed in a  debate  at the Brookings Institute by the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General Robert Neller, “there are military areas in which the United States maintains a technological advantage [over Russia and China], others in which there is substantial parity, and others in which the United States is lagging behind, revealing a technological gap with its peer competitors”. The last point applies to weapons systems designed to operate at hypersonic speed. Let us start with the simple and pragmatic definition offered by  The National Interest  of hypersonic vehicles and weapons: A hypersonic vehicle is one that moves through the atmosphere at a minimum speed of five times that of sound, or Mach 5. A hypersonic cruise missile travels continuously through the air employing a special high-powere...