Best of APSACO "African Peace and Security Annual Conference" 3rd edition

In the Western Sahara Advisory Opinion, formal questions specifically requested by the General Assembly were only on terra nullius and ‘legal ties’ at the time of Spain’s colonization of the Saharan Provinces. however, two other issues, which had not been specifically requested, were added to the formal question of ‘legal ties.” The additional issues concern the right to self- determination and ‘territorial sovereignty.’ The statements on additional issues have recently been referre ...

The self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic’s (SADR) declaration on the Guerguerat crisis, in November 2020, to terminate the 1991 ceasefire agreement and go to war with Morocco raises a problem regarding the legality of third States granting State recognition to the self-declared SADR. International law imposes an obligation on third States to not grant ‘premature recognition.’ Moreover, premature recognition would constitute illegal intervention in the internal affairs of t ...

La crise sanitaire a porté un coup dur au modèle de la coopération internationale au développement par projets, la modalité la plus répandue. Finies (ou presque, ou en tout cas mutées à des modalités de télétravail) les myriades de gestionnaires de projets et d’experts internationaux et nationaux pour des missions de formulation, d’assistance technique, d’évaluation. Plus possibles les formations, les séminaires, les consultations avec la société civile, les dialogues régionaux, les ...

Ce Papier se focalise sur les formes locales de règlement des différends et de réconciliation, sous-étudiées dans les contextes conflictuels et post-conflictuels. L’accent y sera mis sur l’approche par le bas qui propose un nouveau récit de ces conflits et éclaire, à travers la dimension locale, de nouvelles pistes de reconstruction de la paix. Nous nous intéresserons au cas de la société civile syrienne, qui a connu un renouveau dans les pays voisins avec le soulèvement populaire e ...

Le Prix Nobel 2020 des Sciences économiques, décerné à Robert B.Wilson et Paul Milgrom, pour leur  contribution à « l'amélioration de la théorie des enchères et les inventions de nouveaux formats d'enchère », était tout, sauf une surprise. Wilson a eu comme étudiants en Doctorat, non seulement Milgrom, mais aussi Roth et Holmström, nobélisés respectivement en 2012 et 2016; et Milgrom a partagé de nombreux travaux avec Holmström. Cette double nomination confirme l'intérêt, non démen ...

Bright and open-minded, this young American has already achieved a lot at just 28 years of age. Since February 2019, he has been serving as Legislative Assistant to Democratic Senator Liz Lovelett in Olympia, Washington. “Working for a senator whose values I share is really a dream come true,” he says. He sees Liz Lovelett as a role model, since “she leads with her heart and great values, always thinking on how we can infuse equity into everything we do.”  Jordan Kronen calls Washi ...

Bright and open-minded, this young American has already achieved a lot at just 28 years of old. Since February 2019, he has been serving as Legislative Assistant to Democratic Senator Liz Lovelett in Olympia, Washington. “Working for a senator whose values I share is really a dream come true,” he says. He sees Liz Lovelett as a role model, since “she leads with her heart and great values, always thinking on how we can infuse equity into everything we do.” Jordan Kronen calls Washin ...