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LOSING ONE'S NERVE IN IRAQ
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/12/2005)
In response to the ever-growing sense that the United States is doing poorly in Iraq, indeed in the view of many is actually losing the war, the U.S. government has launched a campaign to persuade everyone that this is not so.
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THE UNITED STATES VERSUS LATIN AMERICA
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/11/2005)
The severe rebuff to Bush's diplomacy at the Summit of the Americas in Mar de la Plata, Argentina, November 4-5, was in some sense the culmination of almost two centuries of difficult relations between the United States and the rest of the Americas.
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THE MUDSLIDE
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/10/2005)
The Bush regime is in the middle of a political mudslide, both nationally and internationally. Two almost simultaneous geological mudslides that occurred this month - one in Guatemala and one in Kashmir - have reminded us of how terrible they are.
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EXIT STRATEGY
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(01/10/2005)
The debate has shifted in the United States. It is no longer about the merits of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It is now about when and how the U.S. can withdraw its troops from Iraq, what is called "exit strategy."
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LE MOYEN-ORIENT : NOUVEAU BAROMETRE DE LA RELATION TRANSATLANTIQUE ?
Par Sébastien Abis et Barah Mikaïl
(10/2005)
Si le 11-Septembre a mis en exergue le lien de solidarité affiché par les Etats-Unis et l’Europe au nom de leurs « valeurs communes », l’invasion anglo-saxonne de l’Irak de mars 2003 a pour sa part contribué à mettre sur le devant de la scène une notion d’ordre plus directement politico-stratégique : la nature et la portée concrètes des relations transatlantiques.
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LA PLANETE FOOTBALL : UN MONDE SANS GUERRE ?
Par Pascal Boniface
(30/09/2005)
Pascal Boniface, Directeur de l’Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, a deux passions : les relations internationales et le football. C’est pour les conjuguer qu’il s’intéresse depuis 1998 à la planète football pour en proposer une lecture géopolitique. Cela pourrait prêter à sourire, mais cela pose une véritable question : peut-on appliquer au football une grille de lecture comparable à celle que l’on utilise habituellement dans l’étude des relations internationales.
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Intervention dans le cadre d'un café géo consacré au football
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT
Par Georges le Guelte
(21/09/2005)
Any increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons increases automatically the risk that they might be used not to deter but to annihilate, or that a conflict could erupt by accident, or that preventive strikes could be launched against an other country, or that fissile materials could wind up in the hands of criminal groups.
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KATRINA : THE POLITICS OF INCOMPETENCE AND DECLINE
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/09/2005)
The entire world has been following with stupefaction the incredible performance of the U.S. federal government's response to the physical and human disaster of the hurricane Katrina.
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DEEPENING RIFTS ON THE LEFT ?
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(01/09/2005)
For the last 150 years, one of the biggest issues that has divided the world left has been whether or not it is important for left social movements to support the electoral objectives of whatever is the principal party "left-of-center" in a particular country.
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HOW TO STOP THE IRAN RIGMAROLE
Par Luc Debieuvre
(01/09/2005)
Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory over Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was finalised this week, as the new Iranian president took office and cabinet members were appointed.
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LE MONDE ARABE EST MINE PAR DES REPRESENTATIONS D’ORDRE ETHNIQUE
Par Barah Mikaïl
(28/07/2005)
Les intellectuels occidentaux, qu’ils soient orientalistes ou non, ont souvent recours à une description de « leur » vision de l’Orient en insistant sur les droits des minorités et la nécessité de les défendre. Par contre, il est vrai que cette question ne semble pas compter au rang des préoccupations majeures des intellectuels arabes en général.
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THE ZAPATISTAS : THE SECOND AGE
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/07/2005)
Since 1994, the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas has been the most important social movement in the world - the barometer and the igniter of antisystemic movements around the world. How can it be that a small movement of Mayan Indians in one of the poorest regions of Mexico can play such a major role?
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MR. BUSH'S WAR
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(01/07/2005)
We know now that George W. Bush confided to one of his friends before he was president that he wanted a war with Iraq and that, unlike his father, he would get rid of Saddam Hussein. And so he has. But as the U.S. polls turn seriously against him and a majority of Americans today say that the war wasn't worth the loss of lives, it is time to take a reckoning of what Mr. Bush has accomplished.
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THE AMBIGUOUS FRENCH 'NO' TO THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/06/2005)
On May 29, 2005, the French voted in a referendum not to ratify the proposed European constitution. Three days later, Dutch voters did the same. In both cases, the margin was solid. Since then, the world press has been filled with discussion about the future of Europe as a vision and as an institution.
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LES ETATS UNIS DEUX ANS APRES BAGDAD : SEDUITS PAR LE TRIOMPHALISME ET MENACES PAR L'EFFONDREMENT
Par John Grouard Mason
(03/06/2005)
Alors que la position économique mondiale des Etats Unis est mise en cause, le " Tout Washington" salue le triomphe de la politique des dominos démocratiques de Bush au Proche Orient – qui annonce une consolidation de l’autorité présidentielle et une augmentation du pouvoir du Pentagone.
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LA PROLIFERATION : ETAT DES LIEUX
Par Georges Le Guelte
(01/06/2005)
Qui détient des armes chimiques, biologiques et nucléaires ? Quels sont les proliférateurs potentiels et virtuels ? L’évaluation de la menace que représentent les rames de destruction massive se heurte à de nombreux obstacles. L’information est rare et souvent manipulée au service d’intérêts politiques. La perception de la menace est toujours subjective. Etat des lieux.
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COMBIEN D’ARSENAUX NUCLEAIRES DANS LE MONDE EN 2015 ?
Par Georges Le Guelte
(30/05/2005)
La Conférence d’examen du TNP, qui s’ouvrira le 2 mai prochain, sera empoisonnée par la réprobation unanime contre les cinq Etats dotés d’armes, qui pérennisent leurs arsenaux, alors qu’ils se sont engagés à les éliminer. Le soutien à la politiques de nonprolifération s’effrite, et les possibilités d’activités clandestines s’accroissent.
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PUTIN'S DIPLOMATIC TRIUMPH
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(16/05/2005)
Was it really George W. Bush who was the guest of honor at the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of V-E Day in Moscow on May 8, 2005? Did he really stand on Red Square next to Putin to review goose-stepping Russian troops carrying hammer-and-sickle banners with the image of Lenin while Russian jets roared overhead?
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE WORLD
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/04/2005)
The extraordinary celebration of John Paul II at his funeral, whose only comparable event in the last fifty years was the funeral of John F. Kennedy in 1963, has led to many reflections on the role of this pope, and that of the papacy in general, in world history.
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THE BUCK STOPS WITH DAMASCUS
Par Luc Debieuvre, administrateur de l'Iris
(01/04/2005)
France and the United States recently discovered that Syrian troops are still present in Lebanon. And they decided to join forces to pass resolution 1559 at the United Nations.
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BUSH'S GEOPOLITICAL LEGACY
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(31/03/2005)
The newspapers these days tell us that George W. Bush is concerned with his historical legacy. For what will he be remembered by historians writing twenty-five years from now? Apparently, he thinks that he will be remembered for advancing "liberty" in the world, and perhaps particularly in the Middle East.
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TIME IS RUNNING OUT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Par Luc Debieuvre, administrateur de l'Iris
(11/03/2005)
Once again, hands were shaken and pictures taken. One month ago, in Sharm Al Shaikh, the Western media said peace would prevail, for they only like good news from the Middle East.
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L'EUROPE FACE AU TERRORISME
IRIS
(08/03/2005)
Actes de la conférence "L'Europe face au terrorisme".
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THE U.S. AND EUROPE : QUASI-ALLIES
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(01/03/2005)
George W. Bush, having failed to intimidate Europe in his first term of office, has decided to try another tactic. First, Condoleeza Rice, then Donald Rumsfeld, then Bush himself traveled to Europe on a charm offensive.
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THE NUCLEAR CLUB EXPANDS
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/02/2005)
North Korea has now said officially that it already has nuclear weapons, and is not at all interested in discussing giving them up. Iran still claims it doesn't intend to make nuclear weapons.
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TOWARDS CHINA'S REUNIFICATION ?
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(01/02/2005)
On January 15, 2005, representatives of the government of China and of the authorities on Taiwan held a meeting in Macao, which has been described as "historic." They agreed that, for the first time since 1949, there would be direct flights from mainland China to Taiwan.
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AMERICA MAY LOSE THE WAR… OR MAYBE IT ALREADY HAS
Par Luc Debieuvre, administrateur de l'Iris
(31/01/2005)
Last Sunday, long awaited elections sought by freedom's new crusaders confirmed something everybody knew. The Shiite population represents a majority in Iraq. What else? The Sunni community has been 'democratically' sidelined and even if some of them are being tempted to join the new constitution drafting process, it is unlikely that they will be much representative of their community.
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AFTER ARAFAT, ARAFAT II ?
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(15/01/2005)
Mahmoud Abbas has been elected President of the Palestine Authority to succeed Yasir Arafat. Will this make any difference? Is the creation of a Palestinian state nearer?
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BUSH AND THE WORLD : THE SECOND TERM
Par Immanuel Wallerstein
(01/01/2005)
George W. Bush has been reelected for a second term of four years. It is rather certain what policy he will pursue on the U.S. domestic scene, since he has announced it clearly. He will push for further tax cuts. He will seek to privatize as much of the social security system as he can.
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