Something had to give.
Decades of corruption and criminal mismanagement by Lebanon’s ruling elites — the same clique who have governed the country since its independence in 1943 — have finally led to an economic implosion and a social explosion.
While much of the discussion around disinformation focuses on the role of nation-states, violent non-state actors have also developed fairly sophisticated disinformation capabilities.
« Aucune civilisation n’est détruite du dehors sans s’être tout d’abord ruinée elle-même, aucun empire n’est conquis de l’extérieur qu’il ne se soit préalablement suicidé », disait l’historien René Grousset. Avec une intervention militaire par an pendant près de soixante ans, c’est une situation unique au monde que la France fait subir à ses anciennes colonies francophones. En effet, la Grande-Bretagne n’a jamais monté une opération dans son ex-empire colonial sous prétexte de sauver tel ou tel pays de ses démons. On peut en dire de même du Portugal, de l’Espagne et de la Belgique.
The contribution should provide a policy proposal regarding the future of EU migration and asylum policies, defined as precisely as possible and accompanied by an explanation about their added value;
The Tampere conclusions adopted by the European Council in October 1999 under the Finnish Presidency deeply influenced EU migration & asylum policies. This conference, more than celebrating their 20th anniversary, will explore upcoming developments: a new strategic agenda to be adopted by the European Council; a renewed Parliament and Commission with new policy priorities following the European elections; and a five-year programme (2020-2024) including migration and asylum policies that should also be adopted by the European Council.
EMN Finland, the Odysseus Academic Network and the European Policy Centre (EPC) organise this event to provide ideas and suggestions for the five-year programme mentioned above. A call for contributions has been launched to fuel the five preparatory workshops in charge of drafting papers to be discussed at the conference. A final document will be presented after the conference to the EU institutions, and to the Member States for discussion. The conference follows the structure of the Tampere conclusions as following:
Workshops will leave ample time for a discussion with participants. High-level speakers, policy makers, stakeholders and academics from all over Europe will figure among the speakers. High level speakers such as Director General of the IOM Antonio Vitorino, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, Executive Director of EASO Nina Gregori and ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger have confirmed their participation. High level representatives of EU institutions and Agencies, Member States, NGOs as well as leading academics will participate.
Plus d’un millier de personnes manifestent dimanche à Alger contre une loi sur les hydrocarbures devant être examinée en soirée par le Conseil des ministres. Ils dénoncent un bradage du pays aux multinationales étrangères.
Kaïs Saïed devance largement Nabil Karoui au second tour de l’élection présidentielle, selon les premières estimations des instituts de sondage, qui lui accordent entre 72 % et 77 % des voix. Les résultats officiels doivent être proclamés lundi 14 octobre par l’Instance électorale.
As if a historical phenomenon that each stage of international political course requires a specific political framework that any political entity or concept should have governed and controlled by its specifications.
La Chine a beaucoup investi en Afrique, dans le cadre de « la nouvelle route de la soie » visant à créer un réseau étendu de territoires et de routes reliant l’Asie, l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique.
La mondialisation, le retour du religieux et l’accroissement des flux migratoires ont favorisé les crispations identitaires, le populisme et le virus du communautarisme.