Peacekeeping and strengthening in African post-colonies
The key to conflict settlement and exiting crises in Africa resides in the faculty of disarming belligerents and reinserting them into a normalised social life. […]
Studies
Transatlantic tensions over the United Nations and the use of force
The question of the legality and/or legitimacy of the use of force in international affairs has caused a debate within the transatlantic community, and therefore, […]
The renewed French commitment in African conflicts and the Ivory Coast challenge
The French intervention in the Ivory Coast crisis revives the interventionnist tradition of France in Africa and sketches the first lines of a new type […]
Transnational firms, corruption, States
International corruption has become a normal means of conquering public exportation markets. At the same time, transnational firms, whose power is everincreasing, begin to compete […]
The UN Security Council and the campaign against terrorism
The evolution of the terrorist threat – from the development of Al Qaïda to the risk of binding ties with certain rogue States – requires […]
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 […]
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 […]
