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Storms
Luis Rubio A cartoon circulating on social media captures much of the current state of the world: in it, two presidents—Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump—are reading books. Xi holds The Art of War by Sun Tzu, the classic military strategy book that predates Machiavelli and Clausewitz on such matters, while Trump is reading […]
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Readings from the Current Moment
Luis Rubio In these moments of deep political-economic convulsion, it is impossible to see the world without reference to relevant historical moments, from Edward Gibbon’s “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” to the multiple stories of the beginning and end of the Cold War. Including among these are multiple calls of potential revival […]
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Uncertainty
Luis Rubio The French economist Frédéric Bastiat differentiated between what took place in front of everyone, which he denominated “the seen” in contrast with the long-term consequences of these observations, the “unseen.” His point was that it was easy to make ideological decisions or decisions in a conceptual vacuum, but on ignoring the behavioral manner […]
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Homemade
Luis Rubio The decisive moments of the becoming of a country are those during which effective leadership arises that confronts grave adversity in contusive fashion. Present-day Mexico confronts two adversities: the foreign one and the one that is homemade. Regarding the former, the President is doing the best possible. The latter derives from a long […]
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Going Forward
Luis Rubio The context speaks for itself but is not consistent. The country is experiencing a species of schizophrenia: on the one hand, it would be difficult to conceive of a higher popularity level for the President. On the other hand, the perception of risk reaches a good part of the population. The former may […]
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Lessons
Luis Rubio The China-United States conflict precedes Trump. After years of economic complementarity, for which someone coined the word “Chimerica” to describe a relationship that ties together the relative strengths of each of those nations -manufacture for the Asian giant, creativity and technological innovation for the superpower- these two began to distance themselves from each […]
As an observer, analyst, and columnist, it has been my purpose to share my views and perspectives about the key issues of our time and for the evolution of the world and of Mexico in particular.
I do not subscribe to any dogmas or labels of left and right; I fervently believe in the possibility and need to maintain a balance, which does not imply neutrality. Rather it is the constant and intentional search for different perspectives and explanations that allows me to adopt and defend clear and opinionated postures.
I was raised within a liberal milieu, my transit through the university years taught me about the political literature of the Left. Later, I studied the American “institutionalist” political currents and learned the essential economic concepts.
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