Analyzes

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

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

Dans une récente interview de la revue italienne « LAB Politiche e culture », partenaire de I-Dialogos, le professeur Giuseppe GILIBERTI , historien de Droit est interrogé par Stella ACERNO, afin de savoir dans quelle phase, selon lui, nous nous trouvons aujourd'hui, et cela par rapport à la définition de « l'ère des droits » dans le livre de Norberto BOBBIO L'idée des droits de l'homme selon Bobbio repose sur le fait que les droits de l'homme ne sont pas seulement une revendication ou une demande de nature éthique ou politique mais se transforment à l'époque moderne en une demande de nature juridique. Les droits de l'homme sont un domaine du droit international. Mais le droit international existe-t-il ? / Bologne (Italie) le 15 janvier 2025..

Diplomacy is often considered an elitist game played by aesthetes disconnected from their national reality and insufficiently aware of the forces that are shaking the contemporary world. However, it is essential and, moreover, a factor of continuity in democracies that are currently affected by governmental instability, so that they find themselves on an equal footing with authoritarian regimes without having to sacrifice their ideal. Pierre POUGNAUD is a member of the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Belles-lettres of Dijon (France) and president of the European College of Experts in Public Administration / Paris, January 15, 2025

Fifty years ago, Professor Yakov RABKIN chose freedom and emigrated from the Soviet Union to settle in Canada, after a stay in Vienna and then in Tel Aviv. "I deplored the single-track thinking maintained by the absence of foreign publications and the jamming of Western radio stations. There was no debate. The latent fear of the authorities limited political discussions to a narrow circle of trusted friends. Are single-track thinking, censorship and propaganda making a comeback?" and certainly not only in Russia? This article from last year remains extremely relevant / 25.12.2024

"In the event of conflicts, people, by avoiding confrontations, could, through their hindsight, try to provide their advice and support to resolve these situations in a sustainable manner. Because people caught up in conflicts, disarray and extreme suffering are easier to manipulate and therefore to serve the interests of those who seem to come to their aid. The interests of the latter disguised as a good cause, instead of offering sustainable solutions with respect for people and laws, lead to and aggravate new conflicts for their own benefit." / With reference to Gandhi, our I-Dialogos correspondent in India, Augustin Jaykumar BRUTUS, sent us this free personal opinion - Pondicherry, January 15, 2025.

L’accent est mis, au sein de ce nouveau Gouvernement, sur l’inclusion avec des nominations comme celle d’Oumou Sall Seck - par ailleurs co-présidente de I-Dialogos - à la tête de l’important ministère de l’Entrepreneuriat national, de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle. Les membres du Comité de pilotage adressent à Madame la Ministre, au nom de l’ensemble des participants au Réseau international I-Dialogos, leurs très vives félicitations avec leurs vœux de succès à toute l’équipe gouvernementale et à tous les Maliens, dans cette nouvelle étape pour le développement et la paix au Mali / actualisé le 05.03.2025.

Although famine on Earth has been decreasing since the Green Revolution of the 1960s, it remains and still affects several hundred million human beings. This number, which was constantly decreasing, unfortunately increased again in 2022 by around a hundred million human beings, particularly due to the war in Ukraine. It has produced strong tensions on the market for agricultural raw materials, as well as on those for energy and fertilizers. What will happen in 2050? Article previously published in the journal Spirale and communicated by Jean de KERVASDOUE, member of the French Academy of Technologies. / Paris, January 15, 2025

The National Conference that was recently held in Niger from February 15 to 19, 2025, in the presence of General Abdourahamane TIANI - who welcomed a "new beginning" for the country - marks a decisive turning point in the direction that the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP) intends to give to the current transition. The national commission responsible for steering this process has formulated several recommendations aimed at breathing new life into public life and reviving the hope of Nigeriens seeking democratic and institutional renewal. This is a unique opportunity that should make it possible to peacefully redefine the country's future on solid, fair and sustainable foundations. It is now up to leaders to translate these aspirations into concrete actions, taking into account the lessons of the past and the legitimate expectations of the Nigerien people. Abdoulahi ATTAYOUB, February 22, 2025