Central Asia and the Evolving Eurasian Architecture

Ce Policy Paper explore les enjeux de la maritimisation du monde et les opportunités qui se présentent au Maroc et les menaces auxquelles le Royaume fait face sur sa façade atlantique. Nous nous appuyons sur les opportunités que représentent la côte Atlantique pour le Maroc et, plus globalement, pour le continent africain, tant au niveau du commerce de biens et de marchandises qu’aux niveaux logistique et portuaire. Enfin, ce Papier insiste sur l’importance de la jonction entr ...

As of March 3, 2022, one week into the Russian invasion, over 1 million refugees (2.3% of the Ukrainian population) have fled Ukraine to neighboring European countries, notably Poland, as well as Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia[1].  While the sheer flow of refugees is poised to generate the largest migration crisis in Europe since World War II, the response of European countries is substantially different from the one caused by the Syrian refugee crisis of 2015 - 1 million refugees i ...

L'opération militaire lancée le 24 février 2022 par les forces armées russes à l'intérieur du territoire de l’Ukraine a pour objectif déclaré d'empêcher l’Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord (OTAN) de se rapprocher de l”étranger proche” russe et de changer le régime à Kiev. Cette guerre, déclenchée par un membre permanent du Conseil de sécurité, a été menée en violation des principes cardinaux de la Charte des Nations unies. Elle a mis le monde au bord d’ ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the global economy and has challenged the best minds to rethink how to design and implement an effective recovery. Countries in the wider Atlantic region have exhibited differential trajectories in traversing the pandemic. A number of countries in Europe succeeded in vaccinating most of their eligible populations, enabling life to return somewhat to normal. A smaller group of countries in Europe could manage infection rates even more ti ...

مقال نشر للمرة الأولى على موقع بروجكت سيندكايت   واشنطن - تُثير موجات نقص الإمدادات الناجمة عن اندلاع الجائحة المخاوف بشأن الأمن القومي في الاقتصادات المتقدمة. ونظرًا إلى شعورهم بالقلق إزاء الاعتماد المفرط على التصنيع الصيني، اقترحت كل من الولايات المتحدة والاتحاد الأوروبي واليابان مبادرات لنقل الإنتاج. وهم ليسوا بمفردهم. تكتسب عملية إضفاء الطابع الجيوسياسي على الصلة بين التجارة والصناعة والأمن المزيد من الزخم في العالم النامي أيضًا. ومن غرب البلقان إلى أمريكا اللاتينية، ترى الحكو ...

This article was initially published on project-syndicate.org   Supply shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic have set off a rush to reshore or nearshore production in the name of national security and resilience. But policymakers tasked with shaping new industrial policies should have no illusions that there are shortcuts to economic development. WASHINGTON, DC – Pandemic-induced supply shortages have heightened national security concerns in advanced economies. Worried about ove ...

A l’issue de la première semaine de l’invasion russe, soit au 03 mars 2022, plus de 1 million de réfugiés (2,3% de la population ukrainienne) ont quitté l’Ukraine à destination de pays européens limitrophes, notamment la Pologne, mais aussi des autres pays comme la Hongrie, la Moldavie ou la Slovaquie[1]. Alors que le flux des réfugiés est sur le point de devenir la plus grande crise migratoire en Europe depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la réaction des pays européens est très diff ...

The purpose of this second paper is to highlight the involvement of mercenaries in decolonization processes in Africa on one hand, and the emergence of Private Military and Security Companies since the 1990s on another hand. The main argument is that despite the change in the structure of private contractors operating in Africa, their essence remains the same: security in exchange of mining concessions. Hence, the paper analyses to what extent mining companies have contributed to th ...

The White House  classified the speech as “remarks by President Obama to the People of Africa”, their representatives gathered at Mandela Hall, Addis Ababa,  Ethiopia, July 28, 2015. It was the first address by a US-President to the African Union. He was standing before the audience as “a proud American” and “the son of an African”. His father, Barack Hussein Obama, who grew up near a small village in Nyanza Province, Kenya, won a scholarship to study economics and made history- th ...