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Entretien de Jean-Claude Mairal, coprésident de I-Dialogos, avec Nicolas Leymonerie, responsable du Centre Francophone Antenne de Dalat au Vietnam et membre du bureau du Réseau international des Maisons des francophonies (RIMF). Le prochain sommet de la Francophonie aura lieu au Cambodge en 2026, 29 ans après celui qui a eu lieu à Hanoï. Il serait donc opportun pour les organisations, françaises et de la Francophonie, qui souhaitent soutenir la francophonie vietnamienne et indochinoise puissent s’impliquer dans la préparation de ce grand rendez-vous./ Dalat le 27 février 2025

The current conflict between Hamas and Israel has brought the Israeli-Palestinian issue back to the center of international debate, renewing attention to the open wounds and fundamental challenges that make it difficult to find a solution that meets the dreams and needs of both peoples. The historical roots of this crisis lie in a complex mix of events, hopes and demands, linked to this Promised Land that was once part of the vast mosaic of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Palestine was a complex and multifaceted society, characterized by considerable ethnic and religious diversity/ Désirée QUAGLIAROTTI in LAB politiche e culture. Naples, January 24, 2025.

Burkinabe elected official Reine Bénao Sakandé launches a heartbreaking appeal from Ougadougou in the face of the silence of international public opinion. There is an urgent need to protect young girls from early and forced marriages and mass rapes resulting from the rise of terrorism in Africa, particularly in the Sahel. Laws exist but their application leaves something to be desired. In these societies that have become real jungles, men have sometimes become "wolves to women". Reine sounds the alarm for awareness-raising to accompany the rigorous application of laws, in order to restore women to their true place alongside men, and vice versa. / Reine Benao Sakandé, co-president of I-Dialogos, is a former member of parliament and Permanent Secretary of the National Council for the Fight against the Practice of Excision in Burkina Faso. Ouagadougou, news. March 8, 2025

The arrival of Donald Trump at the White House and his sensational statements have completely changed the international situation. Even the Europeans, who had refused any dialogue, any negotiation with the Russians, are asking not to be excluded... With the intensification of the conflict between NATO and Russia in Ukraine, are we even aware that we are living "the most dangerous period in history"? Before the sanctions, more than 80% of Russians were in favor of the European Union. Today, it is the opposite. / Vladimir FEDOROVSKI is a writer and former diplomat close to Mikhail Gorbachev. Interview updated on March 3, 2025. Bologna-Paris-Vichy

Niger's assertion of sovereignty cannot be based on mimetic logic or automatic solidarity between similar regimes. It requires intelligent, differentiated diplomacy that serves national interests. Diversifying partnerships, seeking balanced agreements, and taking responsibility for strategic choices: this is the path to assertive sovereignty. Niger's reconstruction will only be successful if it goes beyond posturing and declarations of intent to be rooted in firm political will, equitable governance, and a keen awareness of the challenges of the times. / April 7, 2025

"The absence of the elite in public action is not something new and its worrying silence in the face of the events that Morocco is experiencing, and not only Morocco, is not new either. But the question is becoming obsessive because this situation gives the impression that the country is orphaned of its political elite, that the mediation relays of power are failing and that the gap is widening more and more between society and its political elite. Our society is in disarray. This is due above all to the inability of our leaders and our elites to carry out change to the end." Ali SEDJARI, is a professor at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, president of CERIPP and co-president of I-Dialogos. / September 28, 2024

A few weeks ago, I paraphrased Marx's nearly two-century-old words: "A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of insignificance." Recent events suggest that this specter is fast becoming a reality. With the European Union and Great Britain in a state of flux, expressing unconditional support for the Ukrainian government and urging it to continue the fight, the Ukrainian crisis is no longer central to the dialogue between Russia and the United States. It is now just one issue—and perhaps not the most important one—in the growing strategic discussion between Moscow and Washington, a discussion that excludes Europe. / Montreal, March 25, 2025

About the China Europa forum, which was intended to build a dialogue between Chinese and European societies on our common challenges. It was necessary to overcome some reluctance on the European side at the beginning. What was the point, I was told, of dialoguing with representatives of Chinese society? They would speak with one voice, repeating the slogans of the Communist Party! How surprised the participants were to discover, on the contrary, Chinese people who did not agree with each other, who spoke with astonishing freedom of tone, even though in each workshop, there was necessarily an observer from the Communist Party, often showing that the divergences between Europeans and the divergences between Chinese were greater than the divergences between a Chinese point of view and a European point of view. QED? / Pierre CALAME, Honorary President of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation / Paris, January 15, 2025

For a lasting peace to finally be possible in UKRAINE, the best solution, according to Jeffrey SACHS, Professor at Columbia and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres, would be to place security guarantees under the authority of the UN Security Council. This would mean that the United States, China, Russia, the United Kingdom and France would all be co-guarantors, alongside the rest of the UN Security Council. This would subject security guarantees to international scrutiny. While Russia could veto a future UN Security Council resolution on Ukraine, it would then face the opprobrium of China and the world if it acted arbitrarily in defiance of the will of the rest of the UN. Contribution by Sonia Sachs, New York, 7 March 2025

With Keir STARMER's accession to power, five years after Brexit, the United Kingdom finds itself at a crossroads in its relationship with the European Union. The Labour government wants to improve the agreement negotiated under Johnson, but without calling into question its foundations. The absence of concrete proposals, the wait-and-see attitude towards Brussels and the inability to articulate a clear strategy cast doubt on the real political direction of Labour / Analysis by Professor Nasser MICHAËLENE-GABRYEL/ Paris-Casablanca, January 30, 2025.

The violence that has been experienced for thirty years in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is "systematic", that of a "political economy of predation". It is based on the fraudulent exploitation of the income from the exploitation and export of gold, tin, tantalum and tungsten, under the control first of armed forces, state or non-state, then under that of traffickers who lead them to export channels first in Rwanda and Uganda, then in Asia and Europe where they find an outlet in strategic industries. / Pierre Jacquemot is a former French ambassador to the DRC / Paris, 06-12-2024

This interview by Louise Aubery on the INPOWER web TV is particularly enlightening. The world has changed, as have the keys to understanding it: new references, new challenges, new actors. From now on, international issues can no longer be the sole business of diplomats or a few enlightened experts. Geopolitics, as a study of international relations, reports on the phenomenon of globalization while analyzing its mechanisms. / Pascal Boniface is a French geopolitician and founder and director of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) - Paris, February 13, 2025