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La guerre était-elle inévitable ?

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November 5, 2024 has demolished the illusion that the figure of Donald Trump was a passing meteor in the sky of American politics.

The re-election of the tycoon has revealed that the concept contained in the slogan "America First" did not represent a form of political deviance as his ideas have assumed an increasing centrality in the American public debate.

Hypothèse abusive ou objet de réflexion ?

Depuis le reaganisme, le thatchérisme, le poutinisme, le régime géorgien, ukrainien, coréen, biélorusse, roumain et chinois peut-on encore parler de la démocratie comme d’un régime d’intégration des conflits, de stabilité politique et d’alternance gouvernementale et, in fine, de rejet de la guerre ?

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Rarely a week passes without announcements that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has achieved new capabilities. Since the arrival of Generative AI, ChatGPT, and subsequent Large Language Models (LLMs)  discussion of AI's proliferating uses and their implications is increasingly visible in mainstream media.

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With EU enlargement back on the political agenda, the West has an opportunity to revitalise its policy toward the Western Balkans. This June marked twenty years since the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit, where EU leaders declared that the “future of the Balkans is within the European Union.”

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Erdogan has announced a new perspective on foreign policy for Turkey’s second century. He has named the long-term foreign policy vision as the “Century of Turkey” and declared his determination for building a “Turkey Axis”.

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On 19 September 2023, opening the Annual General Assembly, UN Secretary General Guterres urged Statesmanship, not Gamesmanship and Gridlock to resolve global challenges and geopolitical tensions.

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BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and SCO ( Shanghai Cooperation Organization: China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan  ) have become a new pole of power in the world and their role is becoming more significant every day.

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We are living in a a world characterized by the return of inter-state threats and great power competition. How much emphasis should US put on Russia as opposed to the more systemic challenge represented by China’s strategic rise? And what should be the right balance between the military and non-military aspects of great power competition? 

L'ordre européen de l'équilibre des forces entre l'Est et l'Ouest a pris fin le 24 février 2022 avec l'ouverture des hostilités en Ukraine et le principe de légitimité de cet ordre s'est effondré avec les élections du Parlement européen du mois de mai 2019, avec l'affrontement radical entre souverainistes et globalistes, quant au primat du régime politique qui fonde la souveraineté de la loi nationale ou supranationale.