Reflectii

Veton Nurkollari, or xhaxhi (uncle), as he is affectionately called by many, is resolute about the activist spirit of Dokufest. An international documentary and short film festival he co-founded 24 years ago in Prizren, at a time when the city had no functioning cinema in the aftermath of the Kosovo war, Dokufest has emerged as one of the most important film festivals in southeastern Europe, having become a qualifying-festival for the BAFTAs and the European Film Academy.

Although he soon thereafter half-heartedly walked back his threat to close Polish schools, his words reminded Lithuania’s largest minority that existing discriminatory practices against them could always intensify, which in turn draws attention to the scenario of identity-driven conflict in the future.

There was a brief scandal in Polish-Lithuanian relations last month that barely generated any media attention outside of those two. Chairman of the Lithuanian State Language Inspectorate Audrius Valotka declared that “there should be no Polish and Russian schools at all. Why do we have to create and maintain all sorts of language ghettos in Šalčininkai?” This prompted a condemnation from the Polish charge d’affaires in Vilnius and Valotka half-heartedly walking back his comments in a Facebook post.

Petro Dyminskyy, who was named a suspect at the time of a fatal car collision, is still wanted by Ukrainian authorities. The investigation has been suspended while his current whereabouts remain unknown.

Eight years ago, a Mercedes Benz crashed into another car on a highway in western Ukraine, killing a 31-year-old woman. Photos captured the Ukrainian tycoon Petro Dyminskyy at the scene of the accident, though it was not confirmed if he had been the driver. Four days later, he reportedly left the country on a private jet.

La Chine, la Russie et l’Iran : quel est leur dénominateur commun ? De toute évidence, ce sont les principaux rivaux géopolitiques des États-Unis aujourd’hui. Comme l’a récemment écrit Ross Douthat dans un article d’opinion publié dans le New York Times, intitulé «Qui est en train de gagner la guerre mondiale ?», «il est utile pour les Américains de réfléchir à notre situation en termes globaux, avec la Russie, l’Iran et la Chine comme une alliance révisionniste qui met notre puissance impériale à l’épreuve».

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing modern warfare, as seen in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Drones now cause 70–80% of battlefield casualties, with both sides developing AI-powered targeting systems. AI has boosted first-person view drone strike accuracy from 30–50% to around 80%. David Kirichenko points to the rising ethical concerns about machines making life-or-death decisions. While AI increases lethality, human involvement in logistics and final judgment remains crucial for battlefield operations. The conflict is also providing extensive battlefield data to train these systems and shape the future of warfare.

Même si officiellement aucun traité de paix n’a été signé à Anchorage, il semble que la situation du conflit ukrainien soit tout de même en voie d’amélioration. Je critique souvent Trump sur ce blog notamment sur les questions économiques, mais il est indéniable que son élection a calmé en partie la montée en tension que les néoconservateurs américains et les démocrates provoquaient. Le fait que les deux puissances nucléaires que sont la Russie et les USA se soient mis autour d’une table aurait dû être accueilli avec beaucoup plus d’enthousiasme du côté européen. Mais on voit bien que l’UE et ses petits serviteurs à commencer par notre pathétique président n’ont eu de cesse de vouloir faire capoter cette rencontre. Mais nous reviendrons sur cette question européenne par la suite.

This is technospeak for censorship, but you already knew that because this is what the “fact-checkers” at Facebook and Twitter did on behalf of the Biden administration and the FBI until Elon Musk bought Twitter and President Donald Trump was re-elected.

A recent article published in The Hill celebrated the revival of the Monroe Doctrine under Donald Trump by suggesting that U.S. pressure is displacing China from Latin America. But this view misreads both the nature of U.S. influence and the political and economic dynamics shaping the region. What we are seeing is nothing short of coercion by an empire attempting to secure its declining grip on a hemisphere that is increasingly multipolar and pragmatic in its economic policies.

At the recent annual summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), US President Donald Trump pressured member states to increase their defense spending. The alliance ultimately adopted a target for member states to increase defense spending to 5% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over 10 years. While this appears to be a shift in policy, it is more accurately a continuation of a trend that began on Feb. 24, 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, the rush to expand Europe’s arsenals and armies risks leaving behind one critical priority: preparedness to protect civilians if a war erupts on European soil.

«L’accord commercial américain alimentera la «désindustrialisation» de l’UE». ~ Le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères, Sergueï Lavrov

«L’Union européenne n’est plus un géant économique, mais un nain politique». ~ Le président russe Vladimir Poutine