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Juin 2015 en perspective

Le Monde Diplomatique - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 12:46
C'est toujours la faute à l'école… Surveillance de masse, mutations géopolitiques à l'aune de la crise russo-ukrainienne, complotisme et complots : voici une sélection d'archives en rapport avec quelques articles du numéro de juin (...) - La valise diplomatique

Violent Extremism and Crisis Management

Crisisgroup - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 10:45
Group of Friends on Counter-terrorism Meeting 4 June 2015: Violent Extremism and Crisis Management

Major funding gap has left Iraq on brink of ‘catastrophe,’ UN warns as new humanitarian appeal launched

UN News Centre - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 07:00
Critical aid operations supporting millions of people affected by the conflict in Iraq are at risk of shutting down unless funds are made available immediately, the United Nations official overseeing relief operations in the country warned today as she joined an international appeal for nearly $500 million to cover the immediate needs of 5.6 million Iraqis for the next six months.

UN agency reports world food prices declining to six-year low

UN News Centre - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 07:00
The prices of major food commodities continued their downward trajectory through May as cereal prices dropped amid an increasingly favourable forecast for this year’s harvests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirmed today.

Ominous Warning Signs Resurface in Zimbabwe

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 01:21
Ethnic hatreds, murky disappearances, and the purging of enemies are all on the rise in Robert Mugabe's dictatorship.

UN health agency warns rainy season now hampering Ebola response in West Africa

UN News Centre - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 01:18
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today reported an increase in the intensity and geographic area of Ebola transmission in Guinea and Sierra Leone, warned that the onset of the rainy season &#8220from now onwards&#8221 will make field operations more difficult and noted that community engagement remains a challenge in both countries.

Qatar Claims No Migrant Workers Have Died for the World Cup. Could That Be True?

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 01:08
Allegations of corruption at the highest levels of FIFA has put the spotlight on the 2022 World Cup host's human rights record.

‘I Can’t Believe I’ve Lost My Family’

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 00:58
The human costs of the Saudi Arabian-led bombing campaign in Yemen are immense.

U.S.: Shiite Fighters in Iraq Are a Necessary, if Unlikely, Ally

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 00:43
America’s point man on the Islamic State maps a way forward after the fall of Ramadi.

Security Council condemns South Sudan violence, expresses concern over expulsion of UN relief coordinator

UN News Centre - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 00:40
Renewing its support to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the vital mandate it is performing to protect civilians there, the Security Council today expressed its grave concern over the security and humanitarian situation in the country, which has been torn by “a conflict that is only growing more violent as it nears its 18th month.”

The FBI’s Probe Into the Russian and Qatari World Cups Could Undermine FIFA Reform

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 00:36
A U.S.-led probe into FIFA could cement many of the bad behaviors allowed by Sepp Blatter.

How the FIFA Scandal Put Latin American Corruption Under the Microscope

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 00:35
It certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed that 13 of the 14 individuals named last week in the FIFA bribery and kickback scandal represent Latin America and Caribbean soccer organizations. While no one country or region has a monopoly on corruption, it is likewise true that weak rule of law and endemic corruption issues have unfortunately been the ...

How to Promote Women’s Rights, in Afghanistan and Around the World

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 00:33
This year seems to be a year for taking stock of women's rights globally, but what does that mean for the state of women in Afghanistan?

The Kerry Factor

Foreign Policy - Thu, 04/06/2015 - 00:16
Why it’s going to take more than a broken leg to keep the secretary of state – or the Iran deal – from moving forward.

The Pentagon Anthrax Scandal Is Getting Worse by the Day

Foreign Policy - Wed, 03/06/2015 - 23:20
U.S. Defense Department officials said on Wednesday that a total of 51 laboratories in 17 states, the District of Columbia, and three foreign countries have received potentially dangerous samples of anthrax from a U.S. Army lab in Dugway, Utah.

Saudi Arabia Takes Out Its Energy Weapon

Foreign Policy - Wed, 03/06/2015 - 23:08
Riyadh is pushing to keep the oil taps open at Friday’s OPEC meeting. That’s a direct challenge to enemies in Tehran and Moscow, not U.S. wildcatters.

‘We can no longer stand by and watch,’ UN official says, urging global action against spread of extremism

UN News Centre - Wed, 03/06/2015 - 22:53
At a Headquarters forum on the role of media in combating terrorism, senior United Nations officials today expressed deep concerns over the impact of foreign terrorist fighters and their use of social media in spreading propaganda and radicalizing and recruit vulnerable young men and women to join their ranks.

Les « moments » de la politique étrangère française



(lire la suite sur Global Brief (Toronto) Une politique étrangère a souvent ses tournants, ou ses moments clefs qui déterminent un changement d’orientation, restructurent les croyances comme les organigrammes. La guerre contre l’Espagne en 1898, Pearl Harbour, le « Long telegram » de 1946, la guerre de Corée en 1950, le Vietnam, la révolution iranienne, la fin de la guerre froide et la guerre du Golfe qui l’a suivie, le 11 septembre 2001, sont autant d’épisodes qui ont ainsi profondément modifié la politique étrangère américaine (voir, à Montréal, les travaux de Charles-Philippe David sur la question). Qu’en est-il de la France ?
Le court XXe siècle (1914-89) aura d’abord été marqué par la terrible victoire de 1914, obtenue dans une saignée générale qui fut le suicide de l'Europe ; le traumatisme de 1940 ensuite, hantera les esprits, qui n’oublieront jamais, malgré la magie gaullienne in fine, que la France a failli disparaître ; de la crise de Suez en 1956, la France tira une analyse opposée à celle des britanniques : il faut avoir les moyens de résister aux pressions de l’allié américain, et ce sera le statut de puissance nucléaire ;  le gaullisme de gouvernement, enfin (1958-69), instaurera pour longtemps un socle de principes fait d’indépendance et d’une « grandeur » que Maurice Vaïsse a parfaitement analysée, et qui devait compenser la perte de l’Empire (La Grandeur, 2013).
Descendons dans le détail de l’après-guerre froide, après que l’effondrement de l’Union soviétique eut obligé de si nombreuses diplomaties à s’adapter à un monde post-bipolaire. La réunification allemande (1990), en faisant glisser le centre de gravité européen vers l’est, effaçait plus de trente ans d’un leadership français perçu, dans l’hexagone, comme naturel. La guerre du Golfe, en 1991, montra que la France devait adapter son outil militaire à une époque de projection, déclenchant une série de réformes qui aboutiront sous Jacques Chirac à la professionnalisation des armées. L’éclatement de la Yougoslavie, à partir de 1992, mit fin aux illusions d’une Europe puissance, et d’un brave nouveau monde onusien. Le Rwanda, après l’opération Turquoise de 1994, changea à tout jamais la politique africaine d’une France qui n’avait plus de « pré-carré », et se retrouvait sur le banc des accusés, dans un monde ultra-médiatisé. Les printemps arabes, en 2011, nous firent entrer dans l’ère « post-post coloniale » : ces sociétés du sud méditerranéen, jadis si familières au moins dans l’esprit des orientalistes, avaient désormais des populations composées aux trois quarts de citoyens de moins de 30 ans, qui se soulevaient sans crier gare, sans plus aucun référentiel post-colonial, et suscitant à Paris surprise et maladresses.

Central African Republic: UN chief to launch independent inquiry into sexual abuse case

UN News Centre - Wed, 03/06/2015 - 21:55
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced his intention to establish an independent review panel to investigate the United Nations&#39 handling of sexual abuse allegations involving foreign troops in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Organization has confirmed.

Marking 10-year partnership, UNICEF and Gucci celebrate education successes across Africa and Asia

UN News Centre - Wed, 03/06/2015 - 21:52
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is celebrating its longstanding partnership with luxury goods brand Gucci and marking a decade of successes in bringing access to quality education to more than seven million children across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, the agency announced.

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