Analyzes

La guerre en Ukraine était évitable. Les États-Unis et leurs alliés de l’OTAN ont poursuivi leur expansion vers l’Est, en dépit de décennies d’avertissements — venant de diplomates, universitaires et même de leurs propres services de renseignement — selon lesquels une telle avancée provoquerait une confrontation avec la Russie. Ces avertissements ont été ignorés. Les accords de Minsk, qui représentaient une voie possible vers la paix, n’ont jamais été respectés./ Jeffrey D. SACCHS, New York, le 10 juin 2025

Plutôt que de renforcer des logiques de confrontation, la Diplomatie doit reprendre ses droits. La communauté internationale doit investir dans des mécanismes de dialogue renforcés. Un multilatéralisme rénové est indispensable pour arbitrer les conflits, éviter la militarisation excessive et relancer des programmes d’appui au développement. Les institutions internationales, comme les Nations Unies, ont un rôle crucial à jouer pour faciliter le dialogue, coordonner les actions et mobiliser les ressources nécessaires. Dans un monde où notamment l’eau devient un enjeu stratégique sensible, des négociations entre États riverains, collectivités et acteurs économiques, sont essentielles pour éviter des crises majeures / Abdoulaye SENE, Dakar ajusté le 09 juin 2025

Having traveled extensively in sub-Saharan Africa, Rozenn Milin noted that, unlike in Jacobin France where the School, as in its colonies, forbade the speaking of minority languages, starting with Breton, Rozenn's language, the majority of Africans, who also had to endure these prohibitions, still speak not two languages, but three or four: the family language, or even family languages in the case of inter-ethnic marriage, an African lingua franca (Wolof, Pulaar, Bambara, etc.), and French, sometimes also English. For the great historian Ibrahima Thioub, former rector of the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, African countries will never be monolingual. Landunvez (Brittany), May 22, 2025

En réponse aux préoccupations croissantes sur l’état de notre monde, le multilatéralisme et l’ONU, un appel a été préparé à l’occasion du 80e anniversaire de la Charte des Nations Unies, appelant à un retour aux fondements de la Charte. L’appel a été envoyé au Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, ainsi qu’aux présidents de l’Assemblée générale, du Conseil de sécurité, de l’ECOSOC et de la Cour Internationale de Justice. Nous espérons aussi sensibiliser l’opinion publique, et le jeunes en particulier. L’appui et l’engagement de tous s’avère essentiel dans un monde plus que jamais confronté à toutes sortes de menaces existentielles. / Ariel Français, Vienne, le 5 juin 2025

Charles Josselin, former Minister of Cooperation, recalls, in this interview, that he remains, today as yesterday, opposed to the French policy of nuclear deterrence which, moreover, no longer corresponds to military realities and issues. In this worrying situation, if there is an institution, desired and directed by the United States, which carries within it this culture of war, it is NATO. How can we not wonder about these waves of consultants, these former military personnel and ambassadors omnipresent on French TV channels, as were the "consulting" doctors in the era of COVID? Is it not this super pollution of information which leads to the disorder of thought? Paris, May 7, 2025

Based in Poznan, Poland, Iris Munos is a singer-performer, director, trainer, and promoter of artistic, educational, and French-language projects. She is the founder of the Les Nuits du monde program - French-language song festivals, the founder of the cultural organization L'Iris Création - French-language center for training and artistic creation, and the co-founder of the 10/10 project - French-language plays to perform and read. Since its foundation in 2011, she has directed Drameducation - International Center for French-speaking Theater in Poland. This earned her the title of Education Trophy for French People Abroad, organized by "le petitjournal.com" in 2018. Poznan, Poland, May 20, 2025

Peter Beinart in New York and the author of these lines in Montreal can afford to indulge in dreams of equality. We are not the ones to face the consequences. But there are more and more people in Israel who see the moral and practical dead end of continuing the oppression and dispossession. Jewish tradition teaches that it is never too late to change course, to repent, and to make amends. Of course, such a sharp turn requires courage. A well-known Jewish insight is quite clear about it: “Who is the greatest of all heroes? He who turns an enemy into a friend.” Yakov M.RABKIN, Montréal, June 4, 2025

From A for Alliance to Z for AfCFTA, Serge Mathias Tomondji offers, in this primer that he has just shared with us and has just been published in No. 100 of the pan-African magazine Notre Afrik, a relevant overview of Africa today. He invites us, with 26 key words, to as many educational stops for an instructive journey through facts, significant events and useful benchmarks of a continent that must take up enormous challenges…. / Serge Mathias TOMONDJI, Ouagadougou, April 30, 2025.

The abrupt cessation of American development aid and the press articles on "the billions swallowed up in aid to foreign countries" must lead us, without adhering to certain statements, to question "Official Development Aid". Should we still talk about aid? Shouldn't we rather talk about development support? The notion of aid can be guilt-inducing and pejorative. I-Dialogos will open the debate on this subject in the framework of a Forum open to all. Jean-Claude MAIRAL, Co-President of I-Dialogos / Vichy, March 5, 2025

The Sahara-Sahel faces complex challenges, such as armed conflicts, violent extremism, intercommunal tensions, and recurring humanitarian crises. Military and economic responses, while necessary, have proven insufficient to address the root causes of these conflicts. In this context, cultural diplomacy is emerging as an essential component for the peaceful resolution of disputes and the building of lasting peace. Oumou Sall-Seck, Bamako, April 12, 2025 (in Konrad Adenauer Stiftung)

After defending a thesis on "population and territories of Peru between 1876 and 2005" at the University of Paris 5, Vidal Pino was able, as mayor of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, to put into practice his years of multidisciplinary research in relation to the economic and cultural legacies of the Inca civilization. University professor, doctor in ethnology and sociology, Vidal agreed to be the I-Dialogos Correspondent in Peru. He has just published: "Los Incas, Población y Producción entre la fantasia y la realidad". In this interview below, and based on his experience, Victor Vidal Pino Zambrano offers us some keys to try to better understand the contemporary geopolitical reality / Cusco (PERU), January 13, 2025

The National Conferences of the 1990s, intended to reestablish social pacts, failed to anchor themselves in a genuine dynamic of transformation. Current tensions, whether security-related, community-based, or linguistic, are largely rooted in unresolved historical injustices. In Niger, for example, the controversy sparked by Article 12 of the Refoundation Charter illustrates the persistent weaknesses of the national fabric. The debate surrounding the status of national languages highlights a long-standing malaise, fueled by a language policy perceived as discriminatory. Abdoulahi ATTAYOUB. Lyon, May 18, 2025