Foreword

If the images of desperate Afghans flocking to Kabul airport were not harrowing enough, the deadly attack on the gathered crowds certainly should have been.

It was a severe blow to the West. Furthermore, the timing and nature of the withdrawal were set in Washington without involving the Europeans.

La complexité du thème abordé tâchera de faire le point sur deux aspects de la situation afghane, idéologique et géopolitique et touchera à la surface les deux concepts-clés de la puissance impériale, celui de la territorialité et celui de la crédibilité internationale du leadership dans la solidarité des alliances.

Foreword

After the suicide bomb attack on Kabul airport, U.S. President Joe Biden said  "We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay,"  promising that Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K)'s actions would not stop a mass evacuation airlift.

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Paix et guerre, une coexistence historique

Gouverner la guerre?

T. Hobbes, de "l'état de nature" ou de l'insociabilité de l'homme

La "Loi contre le Séparatisme" en France et la "Guerre Civile" menaçante

Foreword

With the Taliban storming across Afghanistan fast and furiously , new political risks are coming into view for Biden, who had hoped to win credit for ending what he has called one of America’s “forever wars”.

Foreword

With the Taliban in control of more than half of all districts in Afghanistan, promises made last year by Taliban negotiators are falling by the wayside.

The Taliban have won a string of battlefield victories in recent weeks against the Afghan forces as the United States-led foreign forces are about to complete pull-out from Afghanistan after 20 years.

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Foreword

On August 8th, A.D. 117 Trajan died, the optimus princeps who brought the Roman Empire to its maximum extent.

L'EUROPE À L'APPROCHE DE TEMPS TROUBLES

Tout converge, dans les analyses et les réflexions actuelles, pour indiquer que nous sommes entrés dans une période de temps troubles et à la veille de chocs de haute intensité qui concerneront les acteurs moyens ou mineurs des sous-systèmes régionaux; en ce qui concerne l'Europe, les relations Nord-Sud, les rapports Est-Ouest, ainsi que la Méditerranée élargie (MEMA).

Foreword

At the end of the face-to-face meeting in Geneva between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, Putin had the last word by quoting Tolstoy : "There's no happiness in life, only a mirage of it on the horizon."

Putin has seen off Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump, all of whom wanted a "reset" with Russia. Putin is still here and, if anything, is more powerful at home and abroad. He has revived Russian pride and influence in the world.