Alfredo Toro Hardy
ALFREDO TORO HARDY is a retired Venezuelan diplomat, scholar and author. He has served as ambassador to the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Singapore, Chile and Ireland. He has directed the Diplomatic Academy of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other academic institutions. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations and a member of the Review Panel of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. Alfredo Toro Hardy is the author of twenty-one books and co-author of fifteen others on international affairs and history. His latest book “America’s Two Cold Wars: From Hegemony to Decline?” was published in March 2022.
By Alfredo Toro Hardy China and the United States are engaged in a profound rivalry, a true Cold War. Endowed with a profound sense of entitlement, the Middle Kingdom and the exceptional nation seem particularly ill prepared to accept a number two ranking…
Alfredo Toro Hardy By mid 2021, the tendencies in the correlation of power between China and the United States seemed to favour the former. Although the U.S. was still clearly on top, Beijing was rapidly discounting the advantage. In the third quarter of…
World Geostratetegic Insights interview with Alfredo Toro Hardy on the evolution of United States -China relations, the current challenges, including Joe Biden’s ideological approach, the Taiwan issue, and the predictable outcome of the current US -China confrontation. ALFREDO TORO HARDY is a retired…