Mariano Aguirre Ernst
Director
Peace, Security & Human Rights
Postgraduated in peace and conflict studies (Trinity Collegue). Mariano Aguirre has been Director of the Centro de Investigación para la Paz, in Madrid, and Coordinator of programmes on peace and conflicts at the Ford Foundation, in New York.
Author of several books and essays, Mariano Aguirre publishes articles in various media in Spain and internationally such as OpenDemocracy, Le monde diplomatique, El Correo, La Vanguardia, Maniere de voir, AlertNet, Enjeux Internationaux, Temas, El País, Política Exterior, Debate, BBC World Service, Radio Netherland, Radio Nacional de España, Radio France International, Mediterranean Politics and CNN Spain. He has received several awards for his works on human rights and analysis of armed conflicts.
His most recent publications include:
“Los Estados frágiles y la paz internacional”, in José F. Tezanos (Ed.), La paz y el Derecho Internacional (Ediciones Fundación Sistema, Madrid, 2005)
“Guerra y mentira: el caso de Irak”, in Juan M. Ortega Terol, Irak en clave global (Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 2004)
La ideología neoimperial. (co-author with Phyllis Bennis, Icaria, Barcelona, 2003)
“Tiempos difíciles”. (Anuario CIP 2003, CIP/Icaria, Barcelona, 2003)
“Después de Septiembre”, in Francisco Jarauta (Ed.), Después del 11 de Septiembre, Observatorio de Análisis de Tendencias (Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, 2003)
"The emotion and the truth. Studies on media and humanitarian action "(co-editor with Francisco Ferrandiz and author, Humanitarian Network and Deusto University, Bilbao, 2002)
“Humanitarian Action and the Military”, in Militaire-Humanitaire: (im)possibles synergies? Proceedings (Ministre de la Défense, Brussels, 2002)
“Guerra y Olvido. Los conflictos armados y los Estados frágiles” in África subsahariana, (co-author, Intermón/Oxfam, Barcelona, 2002)
“De Nueva York a Kabul" (co-editor with Mabel González, CIP's Yearbook 2002, CIP/Icaria, Barcelona, 2002)
“Conflictos armados y tensiones ambientales”, in María Novo (Ed.), Globalización, crisis ambiental y educación (co-author, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Madrid, 2002)
Recent articles:
"La ONU y las tensiones del poder" La Vanguardia, 11 de octubre de 2006. Spanish version only-
Líbano, después de la resolución de las Naciones Unidas, El Cronista, 17 de agosto de 2006. Spanish version only-
Líbano: una victoria, varias derrotas, El Correo Digital, 17 de agosto de 2006. Spanish version only-
"Resolución limitada y posiblemente ineficaz" El Correo Digital, 8 de agosto de 2006. Spanish version only-
"Los derechos en Oriente Medio" La Vanguardia, 1 August 2006. Spanish version only-
"De Gaza a Líbano, grave crisis regional" El Correo Digital, 20 July 2006. Spanish version only-
"Programa para el desarme nuclear" La Vanguardia, 15 June 2006. Spanish version only-
"Israel y Palestina, hacia una violencia renovada" El Correo Digital, 13 June 2006. Spanish version only-
"¿Hacia la guerra contra Irán?" La Vanguardia, 26 April 2006. -Spanish version only-
"La estrategia de la Casa Blanca" La Vanguardia, 29 March 2006.-Spanish version only-
“The need for regime-building” OpenDemocracy, 22 December 2005.
“The World in 2006” RadioNederland, 2 January 2006.
“Nuevos poderes regionales” Debate, 5 January 2006. -Spanish version only-
“Poderes Internacionales” La Vanguardia, 6 January 2006. -Spanish version only-
"Falta de desarrollo y violencia: combinación letal" , Temas para el Debate, Issue 134, January 2006. -Spanish version only-
"Esfuerzos neoimperiales", La Vanguardia, 14 December 2005 (PDF- 127KB).
"Traslados, interrogatorios y torturas", El Correo, 11 December 2005.
"Una superpotencia en constante declive", Debate, nº 142, December 2005.
"Idées reçues sur un Empire" Enjeux Internationaux, n° 9, p.48-50 (PDF- 600KB) >> Quoted from "Bill Clinton and George Bush: same strategy" by Françoise Delstanche, WorldAndUS, 10 November, 2005.
"Irak, hacia un delicado federalismo", El Correo, 18 October 2005.
"The Hurricane and the Empire", OpenDemocracy, 5 September 2005.
"Mr Rogers goes to war: America’s “democracy by force”", OpenDemocracy, 5 August 2005.
"Exporting Democracy, Revising Torture: The Complex Missions of Michael Ignatieff", OpenDemocracy, 15 July 2005.
Geo tags
Latin America & Caribbean Middle East and North Africa US
Expert in
Civil war Cold War Conflict Conflict prevention Democracy Failed states Fragile state Gaza Strip and West Bank Globalization Humanitarian action Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Post conflict State building United States
Spoken languages
English, Spanish
Written languages
English, Spanish
Expert publications
- 03/07/2008 - A Haiti facing grand challenges
- 12/06/2008 - Europe, USA and Middle East
- 13/05/2008 - Lebanon: facing another wave of destruction?
- 14/01/2008 - Afghanistan and the crisis in Pakistan
- 29/11/2007 - Challenging future after Annapolis
- 26/11/2007 - Is Europe adrift in the Middle East?
- 26/11/2007 - Annapolis' road to nowhere
- 10/10/2007 - Mercenaries, "Premodern" Soldiers
- 08/10/2007 - The international system in movement
- 12/09/2007 - The continuation of a lost war
- 30/07/2007 - Qué sucede con Iraq
- 24/07/2007 - Bush and Blair, lost in Palestine and Israel
- 01/06/2007 - Present and Future of Peace Operations
- 03/04/2007 - A New Cold War or Dangerous Multipolarity?
- 11/01/2007 - Re-founding the State in Bolivia
- 06/12/2006 - Crisis of the State and Civil Domains in Africa
- 29/11/2006 - Haiti and the international donor community
- 18/07/2006 - Bolivia: The Challenges to State Reform
- 01/02/2006 - The United Nations and Spain in Haiti
