2084-The World as It Might Be (Or Do I Mean Might Have Been?)

Honestly, what would George Orwell have written about this planet of ours, four decades after that ominous year 1984 passed from his fiction into history?

And yes, in case you think that, as in his novel 1984, published in 1949, a year before his death and just as the Cold War (a term he was the first to use in an essay in October 1945) was getting underway, our world, too, seems to be heading for a nightmarish future, I suspect that — were he capable of returning to this planet of ours — he wouldn’t disagree with you for a moment. Phew! Sorry for such a long, complicated sentence, but little wonder given the way our world is now tying itself in knots. Yes, just last week, with the election of climate-change denier and (to steal from Orwell) our very own Big Brother Donald Trump as president of the United States (again!), we just paved the way for an instant all-American nightmare. Still, even without him, the world was anything but peachy keen.

La guerre au pays des mythes

Il existe des idées fausses qui ne se laissent pas démonter. Elles vont des légendes urbaines aux mythes politiques, des histoires scabreuses sur des individus qui devraient être vraies mais ne le sont pas, aux événements historiques qui ne devraient pas être vrais mais qui le sont. Souvent, ce ne sont que des nuisances, mais parfois, elles sont bien pires que cela. L’exemple le plus grave actuellement, et le sujet de cette semaine, sont les rêves et les cauchemars de guerre totale. J’ai consacré un essai entier à ce sujet il y a quelques semaines, et j’espérais ne pas avoir à y revenir, mais les tambours de guerre continuent de résonner dans toutes les parties du spectre politique, donc je suppose que cela vaut la peine d’y revenir.

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The Clock Is Ticking On Sub-Saharan Africa’s Urgent Job Creation Challenge – Analysis

As the rest of the world grapples with aging populations, Africa’s population is booming. By 2030, half of all new entrants into the global labor force will come from sub-Saharan Africa, requiring the creation of up to 15 million new jobs annually.

Le concept de « civilisation » et ses labyrinthes

Le mot « civilisation » est utilisé librement comme si sa signification était évidente. Mais le contenu du concept de « civilisation » varie et on peut se demander s’il est même possible de parler de « civilisation » au singulier.

L’État profond

Le terme « État profond » est de plus en plus utilisé aujourd’hui dans le discours politique, passant du journalisme au langage politique commun. Cependant, le terme lui-même devient quelque peu vague, avec l’émergence de différentes interprétations. Il est donc essentiel d’examiner de plus près le phénomène décrit comme « État profond » et de comprendre quand et où ce concept est entré en usage pour la première fois.

Terrorised inter-border communities in Niger, Kaduna mourn army chief Lagbaja

Mr Lagbaja, a lieutenant general, while serving as General Officer Commanding, I Division Kaduna, led operations against groups terrorising border communities in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Shiroro, Niger State.

The Birnin Gwari/Niger Interboundary Communities Union for Peace and Development (BG-NI CUPD) has mourned the death of Taoreed Lagbaja, the former Chief of Army Staff.

Mr Lagbaja, a lieutenant general, while serving as General Officer Commanding, I Division Kaduna, led operations against groups terrorising the border communities in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna and Shiroro, Niger State.

How Trump Will Change the World

The Contours and Consequences of a Second-Term Foreign Policy

Agray rhino—a predictable and long-foreseen disruption that is still shocking when it occurs—has crashed into American foreign policy: Donald Trump has won a second term as president of the United States. Despite polls predicting a nail-biter, the final results were fairly decisive, and although we do not know the precise composition of the new order, we know Trump will be at the top of it.