Djihad fighters in Occident
Far from being limited to an imprecise organisation centralising the ensemble of djihad fights throughout the world (« Al-Qaeda »), the Islamist radical organisations are, […]
Studies
Smaller and greater history around the Iraqi crisis
The Iraqi crisis has been a concern on several « fronts » : Iraq and its leaders, the Security Council, the Atlantic Alliance and Europe, […]
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, […]
September 11th : a new impetus in Russian-American relations ?
Just after September 11th, many analysts welcomed the U.S.-Russia rapprochement. Some of them even predicted that an alliance could emerge between the two countries, even […]
The contradictions of the US foreign policy during the Iraqi crisis
During the Iraqi crisis, the contradictions of the American diplomacy were numerous, obvious and increasing. The various doctrines (Rogue States, preventive war…) presented a low […]
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 […]
The Paris-Berlin-Moscow axis
The Iraqi crisis in 2002-2003 is a founding crisis, after the turning point on 9/11. It has deeply modified international relations and divided the UN, […]
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 […]
The sovereigntist vision
The construction of a large-scale State which is at once geographic, demographic and economic is at the heart of the European political project. The underlying […]
France and Germany through the Iraqi crisis
The Franco-German couple has established itself as a serious actor on the international scene, before the Anglo-American intervention in Iraq, as well as during the […]
