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Mauricio Herrera Kahn

Mauricio Herrera Kahn, Mechanical Engineer graduated from the Technical University of Ecuador (UTE) in 1975, with more than 45 years of experience in the mining engineering and project development sector. He has held positions such as General Manager, Project Manager, and Head of Engineering at national and international companies, where he led studies and project execution under the EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management) model. He is currently General Manager at HyB Ingenieros, developing studies and analyses of new plants and processes with Capex and Opex at the engineering profile level. For several years, he has been writing articles and columns on national and international social, political, and economic analysis.

The New Balance of Violence: A World Without a Center and Without Total Control

Balance no longer prevents violence. It contains it “It is not the strongest who survives, but the one who manages to adapt to changing conditions beyond their control.” The world is not entering a new order. It is exiting the…

When the Global System Tightens, Africa Once Again Absorbs the Impact

“The global system does not break where pressure originates, but where there is the least capacity to absorb it.” Iran is not Iran — it is global energy The conflict in Iran cannot be read as a regional episode or…

Darwinian Geopolitics in the 21st Century

“Not the strongest survives, but the one that best adapts to an environment that changes without asking permission.” Charles Darwin We are not returning to the past. We are witnessing something more complex. The same survival impulse that shaped the…

The Strait Narrows: The Neck of the Global System

“The world does not depend only on what it produces, but on how it moves.” The point where the world compresses The global system rests on a silent premise. Flows must remain open. Energy, goods, capital, and food move through…

Geopolitics of Global Instability — Part I

System in Transition: Power Does Not Disappear, It Transforms “Power is no longer measured by territory, but by the ability to control systems.” The 21st century did not eliminate domination. It refined it. The global system is not collapsing. It…

Global Balance Is Giving Way: The System Enters a Phase of Structural Pressure

Between nuclear threats, extended ultimatums, and tactical agreements, the international system proves it can sustain everything… except the illusion of stability. “The system is not at war. It is too heavily armed to afford peace.” A system that speaks in…

The Patience of the Species Is Running Out 1

“Deep exhaustion does not come from work, but from enduring the unbearable for too long.” A Planet Without Rest Psychiatry describes extreme fatigue as resulting from prolonged activation without the possibility of recovery. The organism does not collapse immediately; it…

The Power of Movement

Migration, Africa and the silent redistribution of global human capital “Power does not belong to those who control land, but to those who decide who moves… and where.” Framing The international system is undergoing a structural transformation in the way…

The Arctic: The Silent War Reshaping Global Power

The Arctic: The Silent War Reshaping Global Power “Empires do not move toward comfort, but toward change. And in that change, it is not the strongest who survives, but the one who first understands where power is shifting.” Energy, routes,…

The Price of Global Disorder: The War No One Can Contain

“Modern wars do not destroy only territories. They destabilize entire systems.” This is no longer a controlled escalation or an indirect exchange of signals. The attacks between Iran and Israel have entered an open, cumulative, and structural phase, where missiles,…

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