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 […]
Asian questions
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 […]
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 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 […]
Security cooperations tackling transnational crime in Central Asia
In Central Asia, beyond tension over ethnic, gas or water disputes, low intensity conflicts against Islamic terrorists and drug traffickers are posing increasing threats to […]
Georgia in the heart of the « great game »
A year after his 2004 election, Mikhail Saakachvili can be credited of a first very positive outcome : Georgia is engaged in a deeply reform […]
Transcaucasia is dead, long live Southern Caucasia ?
Since the fall of the URSS and in light of the « velvet revolution » in Georgia in autumn of 2003, Southern Caucasia (Armenia, Azerbaïdjan, […]
Pakistan: a State in formation in a context of domestic and foreign turmoil
In many accounts of Pakistan, the « land of the pure » appears as a weak state, on the verge of collapse under the combined […]
China and the outer space
In October 2003, launching the first « space navigator » or Yuangyuan, represented a dramatic spatial Chinese achievement. What does this demonstration of capacity mean […]
