The international community seen by jurists
This paper, drawing on the thinking of H. Lauterpacht, an international jurist in the first half of the 20th century, attempts to go beyond the […]
Studies
General considerations on violence and international law
Confronted with the conflictive nature of international relations, the contemporary establishment of peacekeeping law rests on a necessary selection of values : either primacy is […]
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The aftermath of 11 September 2001 attacks lays stress on a significant turmoil in the political life of the Saudi Kingdom and on its regional […]
A praise of the Security Council
Reforming the Security Council is a current theme, concerning its composition, as well as the threats it has to face, and its action capacities. Yet, […]
Chinese-American relations since the end of the Cold War
The end of the Cold War, the Reagan Presidency and the era of President George Bush are crucial to understand the current policies. That period […]
A new challenge for the Security Council : how to deal with deliquescent States, or States torn by intern conflicts
Considering that conflicts and crises irrupting within a State posed threats to international peace and security, the Security Council has progressively been brought to intervene […]
South Caucasus and the European Union
Within the context of broadening the European Union to include ten new member States on May 1st, 2004, the European Commission has created a new […]
The Turkish candidacy to the European Union
This candidacy has been considered for more than forty years, yet it only became concrete during the recent years, when the UE defined their accession […]
Political responsibility on the international scene
The finality of this paper is not to analyse the principle of political responsibility in all of is dimensions. To opt for such a perspective […]
The Russian-Chechen War, an Endless Conflict
The Russian-Chechen war is far from being over; it is relevant task oneself about the mechanisms of such a situation : why does not the […]
