USA

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After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the peak period of US hegemony began. The country was dominant in many spheres of power such as military, economic, political and cultural.

Francis Fukuyama, a bureaucratic functionary at the US Department of State declared, with much pomp and ceremony, that history had ended and US was the triumphant trophy of liberal democracy.

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The relationship between China and Taiwan has been a long-standing geopolitical issue that has captivated international attention for decades.

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When an institution reaches its 75th anniversary, its supporters offer up a rose-colored litany of its accomplishments, virtues, and remarkable longevity. The NATO summit in Washington was no exception with plenty of speeches celebrating the alliance's past achievements and extolling its role as the cornerstone of trans-Atlantic relations.

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China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin on May 16 2024 pledged a new era of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States, which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon sowing chaos across the world.

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Superpower is a state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence or exert power on a global scale through economic, military, technological and political means.

TABLE DES MATIERES

- Qui est l’agresseur ? L’hostilité et l’intérêt vital

- La « Souveraineté » (C.Schmitt) contre la « Groundnorm » (H.Kelsen)
- Renforcement ou affaiblissement des alliances ?
- Contexte historique et évolution des alliances. 

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For decades, France maintained control over its former African colonies by supporting local strongmen. The 2023 coups in Niger and Gabon against governments accused of being aligned with Paris show that the informal French empire is disintegrating.

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The Russo-Ukrainian war risks following the usual pattern of other interstate conflicts since 1946: absent the end of fighting during the first year, conventional wars last over a decade on average. The most likely endings are a frozen conflict or cease-fire potentially sooner than a decade, and perhaps, over time, a negotiated armistice.

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2024 is a year of global risks, challenges, ballots and bullets.

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Rarely a week passes without announcements that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has achieved new capabilities. Since the arrival of Generative AI, ChatGPT, and subsequent Large Language Models (LLMs)  discussion of AI's proliferating uses and their implications is increasingly visible in mainstream media.