http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/index.php On trouvera ici une sélection des articles d'information et d'analyse publiés sur le site www.mondialisations.org du GERM, qui rendent compte de la richesse et de la diversité des figures des mondialisations contemporaines, ainsi que des débats qu'elles suscitent. FR Sat, 02 May 2026 22:32:41 Sat, 02 May 2026 22:32:41 germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) 5 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/questions-d-europe/0506-pour-une-geopolitique-de-l-euro The euro is a world currency. It is the official currency of 19 European States, and according to the June 2018 report by the European Central Bank (ECB) on the international role of the euro, it is by far, ahead of the pound, the yen and the renminbi, the world's second most important currency. The euro turned twenty on January 1st. Decided upon with the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, its adoption aimed to consolidate the European market and support trade between its members. Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/questions-d-europe/0506-pour-une-geopolitique-de-l-euro http://cafebabel.com/fr/article/zero-dechet-100-bobos-5b0e9f20f723b37a833af2ac/ Zero waste initiatives are blossoming in Brussels like never before: conferences, cafés, workshops, festivals... Is this trend, aimed at decreasing the volume of waste we produce, the latest hipster fad in the European capital? Or is it an authentic peak in awareness on how our consumption patterns affect the environment? Cafébabel wandered through the streets of Brussels to meet these new environmentalists. Have you ever come across a photo showing an island of garbage floating in the middle of the ocean, or a turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose? For about a hundred of Brussel's inhabitants, photos like these were the final straw. Last April, excessive wrapping led to a 'plastic attack' in a Delhaize supermarket in the city. This phenomenon, which originates from Great Britain, is now taking over the entire Old Continent. But what does it entail? Well, you do your groceries, you pay, then you remove all the unnecessary wrapping and put it into shopping carts so as to confront distribution companies with the absurdity of their packaging policies. Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://cafebabel.com/fr/article/zero-dechet-100-bobos-5b0e9f20f723b37a833af2ac/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41826&lan=EN Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41826&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41669&lan=EN Slavery is our main shame, because for centuries we bought and sold millions of human beings brought forcefully from Africa, and treated as "things." Once liberated, those human beings received no compensation, land or tools for work, or housing; they live in the favelas of our cities. Blacks and mestizos constitute the majority of our people. As Jesse Souza very well showed, the contempt and hatred directed against the slaves has been transferred to their descendants of today. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41669&lan=EN http://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/21/inenglish/1526921032_857532.html The Catalan issue has shattered the essential agreement of our democracy: territorial unity based on decentralization and self-government. It has also created enormous doubts about the quality of our political model. More than once I have heard the assertion that the wave of anti-establishment sentiment that has affected many countries over the last decade, expressing itself through various forms of populism, nationalism, xenophobia and other radical assaults against the established order, had not affected Spain substantially, or at least not sufficiently to shake the structures of power in any significant way. Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/21/inenglish/1526921032_857532.html http://en.qantara.de/content/eu-and-the-maghreb-fair-trade-for-a-level-playing-field To mitigate the root causes of flight and migration, Germanyʹs federal government is contemplating fair-trade agreements with refugee countries of origin. The North African experience shows this will require a re-think of EU policy. Most migrants and refugees who arrive at Europeʹs borders are fleeing countries whose most important trading partner is the European Union (EU). The exchange of goods with Europe has an impact on crisis countriesʹ economic and social conditions and affects the circumstances that drive people to abandon their homelands. Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/eu-and-the-maghreb-fair-trade-for-a-level-playing-field http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/europe-des-citoyens-5121767 A new open and democratic Europe can come out from dynamic citizens and grassroots movements like Pulse of Europe, says one of its members, the author of "The European Spring" François Dupont. The European Union is a proto-state which can’t, by itself, transform into a robust and democratic European Rule of law, acceptable to all. We can neither move from a continental power adapted to the political rivalry that engulfs all the world’s large federal states, nor continue to haphazardly improve the intergovernmental EU. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/europe-des-citoyens-5121767 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41330&lan=EN From Saint Augustine, perhaps the greatest Christian genius, a great inventor of phrases, comes this sentence: hope has two beloved daughters: Indignation and Courage; Indignation teaches us to reject things as they are, and Courage inspires us to change them. At this moment we first must evoke the daughter Indignation: facing what the Temer government is criminally perpetrating against the people, the indigenous, the small farmers, women, the workers and the elderly - taking away their rights and lowering millions of Brazilians from poverty into abject misery. Not even national sovereignty is safe, because the Temer government is allowing the sale of national lands to foreigners. If the government offends the people, the people has the right to invoke daughter-Indignation, not giving the government peace, but demanding in the streets and squares that it be removed, because it is already being accused of criminal corruption and is the result of a coup, and for that reason, lacks legitimacy. Daughter-Courage is seen in the movement for change, even though the confrontations could be dangerous. Courage keeps our spirits high, sustains us in the struggle and can lead us to victory. It is important to follow the advice of Don Quixote: "Do not accept defeat if the last battle has not yet been fought." Wed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41330&lan=EN http://agenceglobal.com/2017/06/06/the-real-threat-that-saudi-arabia-sees-in-qatar/ Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt in particular have employed draconian tactics to muzzle any independent media across the Arab world, and Qatar in this respect is a prime target for their ire. They cannot accept that independent thinkers, reporters, and analysts express their thoughts in public in a manner that deviates from the Saudi-defined policy of maintaining the autocratic status quo that has defined (and ravaged) the Arab region during the past half century or so. Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://agenceglobal.com/2017/06/06/the-real-threat-that-saudi-arabia-sees-in-qatar/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41258&lan=EN (...) the cultural discourse of 1913 totally fails to mention the possibility of the catastrophe that will soon shake both Europe and the world that depended on it: the First World War. 17 million people, military, and civilians, will die, amongst them many Africans whose existence Europe is unaware of or simply chooses to ignore. The second absence has to do with the fact that everything that happens outside Europe, or even outside Northern and Central Europe, does not exist, that is, it is constructed as nonexistent by hegemonic thinking. (...) This becomes possible because, after the European colonial expansion in the late 15th century, an abyssal line, as extreme as it was invisible, was drawn between social relationships in the world of European metropolises and social relationships in the world of extra-European colonies. According to this line, which is a geopolitical, ideological, and epistemological divide, the only relevant social, political, cultural, and ethical reality, the reality that counts when principles, values, and criteria of sociability are defined, happens on this side of the line, i.e., in metropolitan societies. (...) Contrary to appearances, the abyssal line has not been erased with the end of territorial colonialism. It is still there today, just like colonialism is, albeit in new forms. It is this abyssal line that justifies racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, the destruction of countries like Iraq, Libya, or Syria, the Palestinian �oefinal solution” perpetrated by victims turned into aggressors, the massive incarceration of young Black people in the United States, the inhuman treatment of refugees. How different and yet how similar today’s absences and those of 1913. Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41258&lan=EN http://www.euractiv.fr/section/alimentation/news/slovak-study-fuels-concerns-about-lower-quality-food-in-eastern-europe/ A study carried out by the Slovak government has found significant quality differences in the same products sold in Slovakia and Austria. For several years there has been speculation about the dual-quality foodstuffs phenomenon, where multinational companies sell products under the same trademark and the same packaging but which actually contain different ingredients. In addition, sometimes the quality is also different, raising concerns about consumer health. Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.fr/section/alimentation/news/slovak-study-fuels-concerns-about-lower-quality-food-in-eastern-europe/ http://saveliberaldemocracy.com/2017/04/21/nations-are-political-constructs/ Over the centuries the rulers of various parts of Europe tried to get their populations to feel a primary loyalty to the territory that they ruled over. They wielded myths of ‘nation’ and the nation’s enemies in order to do this. Their success varied. The monarchs of the Scandinavian countries, England, much of France, Poland, and the territories that became the Netherlands, were particularly successful. But there were always exceptions, where more local identities survived: Scotland, Catalonia, the Basque country, Bavaria, to some extent Wales and Brittany, many of the regions and cities of Italy. The whole business �" both the creation of national identities and local resistances to them �" was highly arbitrary. But the arbitrary can be very powerful if backed by powerful political forces and a lengthy history �" even (or perhaps even especially) a mythical history. This is no place for rationality! Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://saveliberaldemocracy.com/2017/04/21/nations-are-political-constructs/ http://www.leftvoice.org/10-Points-to-Understand-the-Gasolinazo-Protests-in-Mexico According to several analysts, the decision to increase gas prices is the worst mistake that Peña Nieto’s discredited government has made so far. Since the first day of this year, gas prices have increased by 14.4% for Magna gas, 20.1% for Premium and 16.5% for diesel. The current inflated prices will only increase after until February 3. This is yet another step in ending state control in the oil industry, which began with the nationalization of oil in 1938. Since then, steps have been taken to privatize the industry. The Mexican government has long subsidized gas prices to control against fluctuations. In order to attract privatize investors to Mexican oil, the Peña Nieto administration will allow gas prices to fluctuate according to the market by the end of the year. In this article we lay out some key elements to understanding the seemingly endless crisis of the Mexican administration. Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.leftvoice.org/10-Points-to-Understand-the-Gasolinazo-Protests-in-Mexico http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40826&lan=EN Demand for international tourism remained robust in 2016 despite challenges. International tourist arrivals grew by 3.9% to reach a total of 1,235 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Some 46 million more tourists (overnight visitors) travelled internationally last year compared to 2015. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40826&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/jihadism-debate-beyond-the-mediterranean Our image of Arab countries tends to be dominated by terror and violence. Yet many people across the region are working hard to defend their freedoms and fight for a decent life �" under difficult circumstances. Security agency failures, the dangers posed by refugees and migrants �" and the call for tougher laws in the fight against terror. Just as it was following the attacks in July 2016 and November 2015 in Paris, where I live, public debate in Germany has also been dominated by these issues in the wake of the terrible Berlin Christmas market attack. Yet as far as efforts to address jihadism are concerned, this debate merely scratches the surface. One aspect that politicians and the media rarely touch on is the fact that the confrontation with jihadism will continue for decades. Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/jihadism-debate-beyond-the-mediterranean http://cat.elpais.com/cat/2016/11/22/internacional/1479854618_869834.html As Barcelona develops its plans for a future local currency, which is due to be launched next year, it is keeping a close eye on the example of Bristol, in the United Kingdom. It has been four years since the south-western English city launched the Bristol Pound, a currency that runs parallel to sterling, and seeks to promote the local business sector. Ciaran Mundy, the CEO of the Bristol Pound, has plenty of advice for the Catalan capital: �oeBe ambitious, and seek to include a great diversity of businesses,” he says. Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://cat.elpais.com/cat/2016/11/22/internacional/1479854618_869834.html http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/content/article/5115262-l-europe-peut-elle-encore-soutenir-erdo The government has fiercely cracked down on those accused of being close to the alleged mastermind behind July’s attempted coup, and thisis slowly turning Turkey into an authoritarian regime. Complecent European leaders, starting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, should stop supporting president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says a Turkish academic based in Sweden. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/content/article/5115262-l-europe-peut-elle-encore-soutenir-erdo http://www.liberation.fr/debats/2016/10/05/en-finir-avec-l-europe-anti-refugies_1519804 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.liberation.fr/debats/2016/10/05/en-finir-avec-l-europe-anti-refugies_1519804 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kashmir-stories-munnu-malik-sajad-graphic-novel With neither international pressure nor national strategic imperative pushing a resolution to the issue, India’s illiberal hold over Kashmir continues, satisfying the irredentist tendencies of Modi’s party line. Both subsumed under the logic of the war on terror and cordoned off as an �oeinternal” affair, the battle for Kashmir continues largely unwatched by the rest of the world. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kashmir-stories-munnu-malik-sajad-graphic-novel http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39686&lan=EN For decades a multitude of civil society organisations throughout the country have been fighting for the rights of small and landless farmers, helping them to organize to demand their land titles, to improve their production and marketing of their products as well as to ensure basic health care and education where the state fails to provide it. Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39686&lan=EN http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/14/lenincrash-ukrainian-performance-art/ Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/14/lenincrash-ukrainian-performance-art/ http://www.opendemocracy.net/democraciaabierta/carlos-march/fictiocracy-democracy-as-illusion In the past three decades, Latin America has managed to give continuity to its democratic systems of government. However, some data show that what is being consolidated in the region is an illusion of democracy which is not substantiated by a democratic institutional framework guaranteeing the welfare and indeed the life of Latin Americans. This is an illusory democracy which is upheld by governmental narratives but is not backed up by the kind of state policies that would be expected from consolidated democracies. Thus arises Ficciocracia (Fictiocracy), a string of scenarios that fictionalize the virtues of democracy while reality is being dominated by power factions that transform the democratic system, by way of their management of crime and poverty, into an illusion. Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/democraciaabierta/carlos-march/fictiocracy-democracy-as-illusion http://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-general-elections-primer-ciudadanos-popular-party-socialists-podemos-eurozone-austerity-economy-eu/?utm_source=phplist62&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Political+Anticipation+-+LEAP+Press+review On December 20, Spain will hold the most open general election of its democratic era. The recent arrival of two new parties, Ciudadanos and Podemos, as national forces has blown open an electoral landscape that the governing Popular Party (PP) and the Socialists (PSOE) had dominated without interruption since the early 1980s. Meanwhile, the country is in the midst of a territorial crisis, as separatists in the north-eastern region of Catalonia attempt to create an independent state, while corruption and inefficiency have undermined the credibility of many of the country’s institutions. For the first time since Francisco Franco’s dictatorship made way for parliamentary democracy, Spain’s mainstream politicians are seriously discussing major reforms to, or even an overhaul of, the constitution drawn up in 1978. �oeThe general election to be held on December 20 is special and different to any of the elections Spain has held since 1977,” says Público newspaper. Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-general-elections-primer-ciudadanos-popular-party-socialists-podemos-eurozone-austerity-economy-eu/?utm_source=phplist62&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Political+Anticipation+-+LEAP+Press+review http://www.euractiv.com/sections/cities-and-regions-against-climate-change/regions-push-greater-influence-climate Regions are beginning to be acknowledged as important actors in the international climate change negotiations. Towns and regions have long been instrumental in implementing international climate commitments, but they want greater recognition for their efforts. In a resolution adopted unanimously last Monday (16 November), French senators called for "states to recognise the fundamental role of the territories and communities they represent in the success of the Paris agreement". For the senators, regions are "the most important level where national commitments to mitigating climate change and adapting to its effects are enacted". Senator Jér�\'me Bignon, the author of a resolution on the importance of regions for the success of the COP 21, said, "According to the United Nations Environment Programme, 70% of climate action should be taken at local level." Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/cities-and-regions-against-climate-change/regions-push-greater-influence-climate http://www.euractiv.fr/sections/climat-environnement/villes-regions-et-changement-climatique-319256#group_extlinks World leaders will meet in Paris from 30 November in a bid to secure an agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels. EU heads of state and government agreed on their climate and energy targets last November, a cut of at least 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, and an increase in the share of renewables and energy efficiency to 27% by 2030. While that deal, the cornerstone of the bloc’s negotiating position in Paris, is a step in the right direction, the European Union has long battled with the problem of poor implementation of its environmental laws. But regions are increasingly picking up the slack. Through organisations such as the Committee of the Regions and initiatives like the Covenant of Mayors, regional authorities are directly communicating with EU policymakers about how best to fight climate change. Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.fr/sections/climat-environnement/villes-regions-et-changement-climatique-319256#group_extlinks http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38470&lan=EN The last fifteen years or so has seen a major shift in Latin America’s political orientation. In a large number of countries, left parties have come to power. Their programs have emphasized redistribution of resources to aid the poorer segments of the population. They have also sought to create and strengthen those regional structures that included all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean but excluded the United States and Canada. Tue, 14 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38470&lan=EN http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/tunisia-attack-officials-were-warned-of-an-imminent-terrorist-attack-in-sousse--but-did-nothing-10365192.html The Tunisian interior ministry received an alert in May of an imminent attack in Sousse, but failed to act on the information, the head of a security watchdog has told The Independent. In official wiretaps of individuals linked to terrorism in Sousse, one individual was heard saying he would �oeburn a car”, known code for ordering an attack to be carried out. Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/tunisia-attack-officials-were-warned-of-an-imminent-terrorist-attack-in-sousse--but-did-nothing-10365192.html http://www.dw.com/en/exile-and-succession-the-dalai-lama-turns-80/a-18559307 The Dalai Lama is revered all over the world. The Nobel peace laureate is one of the most respected global personalities. His birthday is being celebrated in many parts of the world, but not in Tibet. Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.com/en/exile-and-succession-the-dalai-lama-turns-80/a-18559307 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38407&lan=EN A quarter of a million people took part in an anti-austerity demonstration in London on Saturday, according to the event’s organisers, the People’s Assembly. Media accounts put the turnout at between 70,000 and 150,000. Demonstrations also took place in Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol and other cities. The protests are an expression of the seething anger within the British working class and among youth over decades of austerity under Labour and Conservative governments alike. The Conservative government headed by David Cameron has pledged a new round of brutal austerity measures following elections last month. Mon, 22 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38407&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38403&lan=EN In the wake of the massive response to their call to protest violence against women in Argentina, the organisers of this week’s demonstrations are starting to plan the steps to be taken to get results for their demand �oeNi Una Menos” (not one less), taking advantage of the strength in numbers shown to obtain political support for public policies aimed at protecting women. �oeThis mobilisation has concrete proposals,” said Fabiana Túñez, one of the founders of La Casa del Encuentro, an organisation that took part in the protests that filled the streets of the capital and other cities on Wednesday Jun. 3, demanding an end to gender-related killings. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38403&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38352&lan=EN With Africa’s population set to double by 2050, modernising local economies will be vital to make the continent more competitive and to increase people’s living standards, according to the African Economic Outlook 2015, released at the African Development Bank Group’s 50th Annual Meetings. Surpassing most regions in spite of the global financial crisis, African economies will grow by 4.5 per cent in 2015 and may reach 5 per cent in 2016, converging with Asia’s current growth rates. However, lower oil and commodity prices, uncertain global conditions, the consequences of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and domestic political uncertainties could delay an expected return to pre-2008 levels of growth. Mon, 25 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38352&lan=EN http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/eu-riga-summit-eastern-partnership-by-carl-bildt-2015-05/french As the European Union’s leaders gather in Riga for a summit with the six members of the EU’s �oeEastern Partnership,” many recall the dramatic meeting in Vilnius of November 2013. It was there that Ukraine’s then-president, Viktor Yanukovych, under heavy Russian pressure, refused to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement that had been negotiated from 2007 to 2012. Wed, 20 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/eu-riga-summit-eastern-partnership-by-carl-bildt-2015-05/french http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/11/185897/ The region of Xinjiang, where ethnic tensions between China's majority Han Chinese and minority Uyghur Muslims have at times erupted into violence, has been a sensitive topic across Chinese social media ever since riots shook the regional capital Urumqi back in the summer of 2009. Recently, a new song titled �oeWhat Has Xinjiang Done to You?” has broken the silence and triggered discussion about stereotypes and inter-cultural misunderstandings on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform. The song is written by Liu Shuang (Weibo screen name: �oeCall me Mr. Leon”) Mon, 11 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/11/185897/ http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/content/article/4922197-ne-nous-enfermons-pas-dans-nos-frontieres We must separate issues and define problems and solutions. The best place to begin this task is the war against jihadist terrorism. That fight requires greater police, legal and intelligence coordination between Europeans and many more resources than are currently available. But the fight against terrorism is not confined to the police or courts: it requires a foreign and security policy worthy of the name. Our neighbourhood, an essential space for our security and prosperity, is fraying before us, making our borders �" especially the Mediterranean �" a funnel for the despair of millions of refugees fleeing from the conflicts and poverty that surrounds us. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/content/article/4922197-ne-nous-enfermons-pas-dans-nos-frontieres http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38251&lan=EN The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are poised to hold their annual meetings, but the big news in global economic governance will not be made in Washington DC in the coming days. Indeed, that news was made last month, when the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy joined more than 30 other countries as founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The $50 billion AIIB, launched by China, will help meet Asia’s enormous infrastructure needs, which are well beyond the capacity of today’s institutional arrangements to finance. But, puzzlingly, wealthy European countries’ decision to join provoked the ire of American officials. Indeed, one unnamed American source accused the UK of �oeconstant accommodation” of China. Covertly, the United States put pressure on countries around the world to stay away. Mon, 13 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38251&lan=EN http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/will-south-asia-make-most-cheap-oil The world economy today presents itself as a diverse canvas full of challenges and opportunities. Advanced economies continue to struggle towards recovery, with the US on its way to tighten monetary policy as the economy picks up while a still weak Eurozone awaits quantitative easing to kick in. At the same time, plunging oil prices have set in motion significant real income shifts from exporters to importers of oil. Astonishingly, amidst all this turmoil, South Asia has emerged as the fastest growing region in the world over the second half of 2014. Led by a strong India, South Asia is set to further accelerate from 7 percent real growth in 2015 to 7.6 percent by 2017, leaving behind a slowing East Asia gradually landed in second spot by China. Tue, 14 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/will-south-asia-make-most-cheap-oil http://en.qantara.de/content/amjad-nasser-on-the-role-of-arab-writers-in-arab-society-speaking-out-in-societies-without In the last four years, Arab public intellectuals have come in for much close scrutiny and criticism. Some people complain that Arab thinkers and writers have disappeared from political life, while others argue that most of them are too much in the public eye, having allied themselves with one dictator or another. Marcia Lynx Qualey spoke to Jordanian poet and journalist Amjad Nasser about the role of Arab writers in contemporary Arab society. Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/amjad-nasser-on-the-role-of-arab-writers-in-arab-society-speaking-out-in-societies-without http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38192&lan=EN Securing Livelihoods For All: Foresight for Action, a report that uses a foresight approach to develop five possible livelihood landscapes for the world in 2030, shows that vulnerability and the risk of falling back into extreme poverty remain high in the face of a changing global context. �oeThe outlook for livelihoods is fragile. Emerging global trends are creating a lot of uncertainty, and we need to find innovative ways to ensure resilience of livelihoods”, said Carl Dahlman, Head of Global Development Research at the Development Centre. �oeStill, in all middle and low-income countries, people generally think that the future will be better than the past or the present. The greatest optimism is in the East Asia-Pacific region” he added. Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38192&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38180&lan=EN Improving access to financial services can make a difference in Africa’s economic performance, Central African policymakers noted at a conference in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Concluding a conference organized by the Banque des États de l’Afrique Centrale (BEAC) and the IMF, policymakers stressed the need for Central African countries to promote financial inclusion in order to achieve more inclusive growth. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38180&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38179&lan=EN A UfM workshop on �oeWomen’s economic participation in ICT in the Euro-Mediterranean ‎Region: constraints and opportunities” provided an opportunity for key regional ‎stakeholders to discuss specific actions on enhancing women’s participation in the sector. ‎ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38179&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38172&lan=EN Anna Nemtsova is a Russian journalist based in Moscow and a correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. She reports not only about Russia, but also on other former Soviet republics. Anna has worked for the Washington Post, Pulitzer Center, Russia Now, NBC News, and many others. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38172&lan=EN http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/29/us-france-election-idUSKBN0MP04T20150329 The far-right National Front made only limited gains in French local elections won by a wide margin on Sunday (29 March) by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives and their centrist allies. Sarkozy's UMP and its allies will take over two thirds of the 102 local "departements", exit polls showed, up from 41 now, in a boost for the former president, whose recent comeback at the helm of the UMP is challenged within the party. Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/29/us-france-election-idUSKBN0MP04T20150329 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/07/us-brazil-petrobras-politicians-idUSKBN0M22GV20150307 Brazil's Supreme Court will investigate the speakers of both houses of Congress and 32 other sitting politicians in connection with a multibillion-dollar kickback scheme at state-controlled oil company Petrobras. The scandal has shaken the political establishment and undermined support for President Dilma Rousseff, who was narrowly re-elected last year and is struggling to stave off an economic recession and a downgrade by credit rating agencies. Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/07/us-brazil-petrobras-politicians-idUSKBN0M22GV20150307 http://www.ibtimes.com/one-year-after-euromaidan-revolution-ukraine-faces-same-corruption-war-even-worse-1823506 Natalie Novikova sipped her coffee, a rare break for the struggling child psychologist who has taken a second job as a kindergarten teacher to support her family. �oeThe money I make is enough to survive, but nothing more,” the 38-year-old single mother said while sitting at a cafe. �oeIt’s really hard to devote some time to my children.”Her story is emblematic of the state of Ukraine exactly one year after the revolution that toppled pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych began here. Beset by economic crisis and corruption while embroiled in a civil war, Ukraine may have changed governments but it’s still one of the poorest nations in Europe. Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ibtimes.com/one-year-after-euromaidan-revolution-ukraine-faces-same-corruption-war-even-worse-1823506 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/25/syriza-historic-win-greece-european-union-austerity European politics has been plunged into a volatile new era following a historic victory in Greece’s general election by far-left radicals committed to ending years of austerity. More than five years into the euro crisis that started in Greece in October 2009 and raised questions about the single currency’s survival, Greek voters roundly rejected the savage spending cuts and tax rises imposed by Europe which reduced the country to penury. Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/25/syriza-historic-win-greece-european-union-austerity http://euobserver.com/political/127218 Catalan president Artur Mas on Wednesday (14 January) announced a regional election in September as part of a larger effort to renew an independence bid from Spain. Madrid has staunchly opposed the secessionist drive with Spain’s constitutional court having banned any formal referendum. The northeastern region held a non-binding poll in November, sparking legal action against the Catalan leader from Spain’s top prosecutors. Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://euobserver.com/political/127218 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-invest-250bn-latin-america-over-10-years-1482452 Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged $250bn in investments in Latin America over the next decade in a bid to boost Beijing's influence in a region long dominated by the US. Xi, speaking at the opening ceremony of the first ministerial meeting of the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Forum, said bilateral trade between China and Latin America was estimated to rise to $500bn (£331bn, �"�422bn) within the next 10 years. Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-invest-250bn-latin-america-over-10-years-1482452 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37885&lan=EN Banks, overwhelmed with inorganic dollars, placed with risk capital that was used for consumption and current spending; that has always been repeated in Latin America and now in Europe. The abundance of inorganic dollars separated the flows of the real economy and the financial economy, whose figures just on derivatives reach above US $ 700 trillion, an amount impossible to assimilate into a WDP of 75 trillion. These figures, increased by QE, are invested in the stock exchanges where they raise banks’ portfolio value. A collapse of the stock markets would drag the dollar down and the US tries to save it by signing a TTIP with Europe. Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37885&lan=EN http://www.dw.de/xi-chinas-powerful-uncle/a-18153535 China's head of state and party leader Xi Jinping is one of the most powerful politicians in the world. In a review of 2014, DW columnist Frank Sieren says Xi's tenure marks the start of a new era in China. Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/xi-chinas-powerful-uncle/a-18153535 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/world/europe/ukraine-parliament-nato-vote.html?_r=0 With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on December, 23 to take steps toward joining NATO. It was a pointed rebuke to Russia that immediately drew an angry response. The Parliament, firmly controlled by a pro-Western majority, voted overwhelmingly, 303 to 8, to rescind a policy of �oenonalignment” and to instead pursue closer military and strategic ties with the West. Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/world/europe/ukraine-parliament-nato-vote.html?_r=0 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-uighurs-situation-an-escalation-of-violence-in-xinjiang The number of reports of murders, attacks and unrest from the Chinese province of Xinjiang has been on the rise for months. The province's Uighur population has long complained about being disadvantaged in religious, cultural and social terms. The authorities claim unspecified "terrorists" are responsible for the violence, but the public almost always remains in the dark about the true background to the attacks. Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-uighurs-situation-an-escalation-of-violence-in-xinjiang http://www.france24.com/fr/20141110-catalans-votent-oui-independance-catalogne-espagne-artur-mas-madrid/ Catalonia's nationalist government vowed to step up its secession drive after over two million people voted in a symbolic independence referendum which Spain's central government dismissed it as "useless". Voters were asked for their response to two questions. The first was: "Do you want Catalonia to be a state?". If answered affirmatively, the ballot paper posed a second question: "Do you want that state to be independent?". Results showed 80.7 percent voted yes to both questions. Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.france24.com/fr/20141110-catalans-votent-oui-independance-catalogne-espagne-artur-mas-madrid/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37670&lan=EN In this Presidential election, Brazilian men and women confronted the Biblical scene spoken of in Psalm Number One: they had to choose between two paths: one representing success and possible happiness, and the other, error and inevitable unhappiness. Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37670&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37669&lan=EN With Ernesto Samper as its new General Secretary, the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will focus its regional agenda on three priorities: on the social front, inclusion; on the economic front, competitiveness; and on the political front, citizens’ security together with the strengthening of democracy. Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37669&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/the-states-stranglehold-over-egyptian-society-egypts-1984 President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's steps to quash dissent surpass those of the Mubarak era in scope and intensity. There is hardly any area of civil life that has not been left untouched by the raft of recent measures to assert control. Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-states-stranglehold-over-egyptian-society-egypts-1984 http://en.qantara.de/content/syrias-cultural-heritage-under-threat-virtually-nothing-is-left It is now plain for all to see that the destruction of Syria's cultural heritage is far worse than anyone expected. Michel al-Maqdissi, director of the Archaeological Excavations Department at the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums from 2000 to 2012, tells Mona Sarkis how dire things really are and of the mistakes made by UNESCO. Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/syrias-cultural-heritage-under-threat-virtually-nothing-is-left http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-tunisian-human-rights-activist-bochra-belhadj-hamida-demonised-insulted-and Bochra Belhadj Hamida is a lawyer and one of the most prominent human and women's rights activists in Tunisia. She is now running for parliament for Nidaa Tounes, a new party that brings together a range of political viewpoints. She discussed the current situation in Tunisia in an interview with Martina Sabra. Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-tunisian-human-rights-activist-bochra-belhadj-hamida-demonised-insulted-and http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29782073 President Dilma Rousseff has promised to re-unite Brazil after narrowly winning re-election to a second term in office with 51.6% of the vote. Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29782073 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37561&lan=EN Mexico faces an extremely serious situation in the area of communication and media, characterized by an extreme deficit of democracy, a grave systematic attack on human rights and a constant infringement of the essential principles of a State of Law. This is the conclusion of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT). In the framework of the Session on Free Trade, violence, impunity and the rights of peoples in Mexico, the PPT, in Mexico City, held the final thematic session on Disinformation, censorship and violence against communicators, responding to a request for attention, denunciation and justice formulated by a wide network of associations, youth movements, communication workers and journalists, representatives of the academic world, free media and community radio stations. Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37561&lan=EN http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/death-toll-mediterranean-rises-while-europe-looks-other-way-2014-09-30 A year on from the Lampedusa shipwrecks, which claimed more than 500 lives, a new report by Amnesty International highlights how the shameful inaction of European Union countries has contributed to a spiralling death toll with thousands of refugees and migrants losing their lives in a desperate bid to reach European shores. Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/death-toll-mediterranean-rises-while-europe-looks-other-way-2014-09-30 http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/european-food-law-political-menu-safety-lobby Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-blog/european-food-law-political-menu-safety-lobby http://www.mintpressnews.com/record-gas-project-depends-diplomatic-balancing-act/196735/ The world’s largest ever gas deal would transport fuel from Central Asia to Southern Europe, but the most impressive facet of the deal may be Azerbaijan’s ability to simultaneously please Europe, Iran and Russia. Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mintpressnews.com/record-gas-project-depends-diplomatic-balancing-act/196735/ http://www.gatewayhouse.in/indian-americans-and-the-mother-country/ One of the important objectives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States is to galvanise the large Indian American community towards contributing to India’s development. His office and the BJP are making a massive outreach effort to the nearly 3 million-strong Indian diaspora through community organisations, and the Indian Embassy and its five consulates in New York, Houston, San Francisco, Chicago and Atlanta. Indian Americans, especially the large Gujarati community, are responding with enthusiasm. Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gatewayhouse.in/indian-americans-and-the-mother-country/ http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/low-german-infrastructure-investment-worries-experts-a-990903.html Germany has long had a reputation for excellent infrastructure. But in recent years, both public and private investment has dwindled dramatically, and officials are increasingly concerned about how to solve the problem. They have good reason to be worried. Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/low-german-infrastructure-investment-worries-experts-a-990903.html http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/20/citizenship-in-the-post-yugoslav-states-states-nations-rights/ After the fall of the Berlin Wall and followed by the disintegration of the multinational socialist federations, citizenship has gained a central role in the study of the transformation of societies east of the Bernauer Straße. The notion of citizenship epitomises the link between individuals and the state. Unpacking the fine tissue of citizenship, we first realise that we can view it as a legal status, or as a purely legal concept. Defining citizenship in legal terms explains which groups have been included in the state as its full members, and which may have been fully or partly excluded. Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/20/citizenship-in-the-post-yugoslav-states-states-nations-rights/ http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/16/eu-china-africa-trilateral-relations-a-new-trend-in-international-relations/ In the context of an emerging multipolar international system, the growing influence of China in Africa deserves special attention. The intensification of Sino-African relations bears important consequences for the European Union, which traditionally considers Africa as its own backyard. As relations between China and Africa are developing rapidly, the EU is realising that if it wants to remain a relevant international player, it needs to refocus attention on the African continent while expanding its relations with China. Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/16/eu-china-africa-trilateral-relations-a-new-trend-in-international-relations/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37472&lan=EN European leaders must do more to provide safe and legal ways for refugees and migrants to access international protection in the European Union, Amnesty International said today after a boat bound for Italy sank off the coast of Libya leaving many feared drowned. Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37472&lan=EN http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/oee/1530-le-choix-probable-des-ecossais-de-rester-au-sein-du-royaume-uni-ne-devrait-cependant-pas-signer-la-fin-du-processus-d-autonomisation "Should Scotland be an independent country?", this is question that 4 million voters living in Scotland will have to answer, with either "yes" or "no" on 18th September (people born in Scotland but not registered on the electoral rolls are not allowed to vote whilst those born in England but living in Scotland will be able to vote) - this affects around 500,000 Britons living in Scotland and 800,000 Scots living in England. Young people aged 16 to 18 are also allowed to vote in this referendum. Unlike the 1997 referendum, there is no minimum turnout threshold required for the validation of this election. Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.robert-schuman.eu/fr/oee/1530-le-choix-probable-des-ecossais-de-rester-au-sein-du-royaume-uni-ne-devrait-cependant-pas-signer-la-fin-du-processus-d-autonomisation http://dw.de/p/1Cuwb Joining their American colleagues, more than 100 German authors have written a protest letter against online retailer Amazon. John von Düffel told DW why he signed the letter, and why it also takes readers to task. Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://dw.de/p/1Cuwb http://www.euractiv.fr/sections/royaume-uni-en-europe/addition-salee-pour-le-royaume-uni-en-cas-de-sortie-de-lue-302958 The British Conservative candidate for European Parliament President has warned that leaving the European Union could cost the United Kingdom its seat on the United Nations Security Council. Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.fr/sections/royaume-uni-en-europe/addition-salee-pour-le-royaume-uni-en-cas-de-sortie-de-lue-302958 http://forumblog.org/2014/06/arab-world-transitions-democracy/ Tensions in Iraq may be dominating the headlines, but there are complex patterns of division and polarization across the Arab region. When the World Economic Forum polled experts and leaders on the world’s most significant challenges for the Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014 (now available in Arabic), rising societal tensions and polarization in the Middle East and North Africa came out top. Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://forumblog.org/2014/06/arab-world-transitions-democracy/ http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/catalan-human-towers-demand-a-self-determination-vote-in-london-berlin-paris-geneva-rome-lisbon-and-brussels Civil-society organisations from Catalonia have simultaneously built traditional human towers, on Sunday 8 June at 12 o'clock (CET), in Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, London, Lisbon, Paris, Rome and Barcelona, as well as in 41 additional Catalan towns, to claim for the right of self-determination. With this Sunday's action, a wide share of Catalonia is sending a message to Europe and the rest of the international community: "Catalans want to vote". Sun, 08 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/catalan-human-towers-demand-a-self-determination-vote-in-london-berlin-paris-geneva-rome-lisbon-and-brussels http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36819&lan=EN A Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change took place in Athens with the aim to discuss the environmental and climate-related challenges facing the region and to define the future strategic directions to reduce pollution and increase resource efficiency. Tue, 13 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36819&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36777&lan=EN There can be little doubt that we live in a �oeG3” geo-economic landscape, dominated by the US, the Eurozone and China. But economic convergence continues across all regions. The 10-strong ASEAN grouping is the world’s fastest-growing region; Africa remains largely on the fast track; and Latin America’s 800 million people represent almost two-thirds the GDP of China. This growth is driven by investment, consumption and trade, building up a resistance to external shocks such as the US Federal Reserve’s tapering programme. What most economists miss when analysing individual emerging markets are the intraregional and interregional foundations of their growing resilience. Wed, 21 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36777&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36744&lan=EN Gold mining has become a scourge which afflicts many Latin American countries. In some places a few giant transnational corporations operate, but in other areas, people in their hundreds or thousands, crowd into jungle rivers or the guts of mountains for a few grams of gold. While the big corporations insist they deploy the latest technologies, promoting economic growth and providing jobs, small informal or illegal mining is under the shadow of contamination, violence and poverty. Tue, 13 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36744&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/music-and-power-in-iran-an-instrument-of-propaganda-and-control The permissibility of music has been contested in Iran since the onset of Islam in the seventh century AD when Muhammad passed and his companions sought to keep men's minds away from malahi (forbidden pleasures): wine, women and song. While the Koran doesn't condemn music per se, it claims that music can lead to a loss of reason resulting in "uncontrollable behaviour" and an "inflammation of passions". In her essay, Maria Koomen examines the important role played by music in the history of Iran, in particular since the Islamic revolution of 1979. Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/music-and-power-in-iran-an-instrument-of-propaganda-and-control http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36494&lan=EN The upcoming CELAC summit of Presidents (Havana, 28-29 Jan.) poses the question as to whether the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will be able to combine all the overlapping endeavours in the region, giving them a homogeneous direction, taking into account their similitude and differences, their changes and adaptations, in a scenario where initiatives with a life-span of half a century, such as the Andean Community (CAN), live alongside others such as CELAC itself, with scarcely two years of existence. Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36494&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36446&lan=EN The political chessboard of Latin America has been shaken up in recent years by the appearance of the Pacific Alliance, a regional bloc made up of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. This is no accident: these are four countries which have Free Trade Agreements with the United States, and whose recent governments have been for the most part conservative: Peña Nieto in Mexico, Santos in Colombia, Humala in Peru and Piñera in Chile. What are their organizing principles? What kind of integration are these countries seeking? Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36446&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36423&lan=EN A Free Trade Agreement (FTA), under the conditions posed by the European Union (EU) for other countries (such as Colombia and Peru), is totally in contradiction with the goal of independent economic development that governments of Mercosur (the Common Market of the South) have repeatedly put forward, having rejected the proposal of a similar agreement, the ALCA, with the United States in 2005. Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36423&lan=EN http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-offers-military-aid-but-not-troops-to-iraq.html?ref=world&_r=0 Even as the United States and Iran pursue negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program, they find themselves on the same side of a range of regional issues surrounding an insurgency raging across the Middle East. Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-offers-military-aid-but-not-troops-to-iraq.html?ref=world&_r=0 http://www.idea.int/americas/latin-america-2013-political-and-electoral-balance.cfm 2013 was an intense year in Latin America, full of important developments, including the death of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro’s succession via tight and questioned elections; Rafael Correa’s re-election in Ecuador and the return of Michelle Bachelet to power in Chile. Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.idea.int/americas/latin-america-2013-political-and-electoral-balance.cfm http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36314&lan=EN Today it is a given that Europe has screwed up, that it is screwed over. There are various diagnostics. Some think that it is due to the laziness of the Southerners, that the Mediterranean climate and the siesta made them live above their means (we have heard this enough, for some time now in Latin America). Others blame the rigidity of the German Central Bank that dominates the troika and imposes its nostrums on the other economies. Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36314&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36309&lan=EN It is the first cooperation agreement that ASEAN has signed with a UN agency since its Charter came into force in 2008. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36309&lan=EN http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/23/eu-improve-migrant-rescue-offer-refuge EU leaders agreed to discuss boat migration in the Mediterranean at the already-scheduled European Council summit after more than 360 people, mostly Eritreans and Somalis, died when their boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa on October 3. Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/23/eu-improve-migrant-rescue-offer-refuge http://www.thenewfederalist.eu/Europe-s-Forgotten-Neighbours-Union-for-the-Mediterranean,06076 A distinction is often made between European Neighbours and neighbours of Europe within the EU. The former shares a much greater cultural proximity and, behind closed doors, represents candidates for membership. The latter is a purely geographic label. A two-tier Neighbourhood Policy has emerged out of this polarized vision, which has largely neglected Europe’s Southern neighbours. Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thenewfederalist.eu/Europe-s-Forgotten-Neighbours-Union-for-the-Mediterranean,06076 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131021STO22708/html/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-re%C3%A7oit-son-Prix-Sakharov-23-ans-plus-tard Myanmar human rights legend Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her Sakharov Prize on 22 October, 23 years after it was awarded by the European Parliament. Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131021STO22708/html/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-re%C3%A7oit-son-Prix-Sakharov-23-ans-plus-tard http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Albania/Lazarat-the-capital-of-Albanian-marijuana-141942 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Albania/Lazarat-the-capital-of-Albanian-marijuana-141942 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/infographics Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/infographics http://www.iwallerstein.com/samson-complex/ We seem to have a lot of putative Samsons these days, who are blocking or seeking to block what they consider to be dangerous �oecompromises” with the enemy. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, is saying that a bad deal is worse than no deal. He is referring to what he sees as the U.S.-Russian agreement on Syria and the possible U.S.-Iranian accord. In Colombia, the former Conservative president is inveighing against the current Conservative president because he is negotiating with the guerilla organization known as FARC under the auspices of Cuba and Brazil. Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.iwallerstein.com/samson-complex/ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-moment-for-asian-solidarity/1180113/0 Singh's contribution to the Look East policy has been three-fold. The first was to ensure India's economic integration with Asia. Despite doubts in the Congress party, expressed at the highest level, Singh finalised a free trade agreement with the ASEAN. He followed up with two comprehensive economic partnership agreements with Japan and South Korea. He has also committed India to negotiate a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership with the ASEAN and its major partners. Thanks to these initiatives, India has become an integral part of Asia's economic future. Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-moment-for-asian-solidarity/1180113/0 http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-eu-transatlantic-free-trade-agreement-tafta-big-business-corporate-power-grab/5352885 The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) between the US and EU intends to create the world’s largest free trade area, ‘protect’ investment and remove ‘unnecessary regulatory barriers’. Corporate interests are driving the agenda, with the public having been sidelined. Unaccountable, pro-free-trade bureaucrats from both sides of the Atlantic are facilitating the strategy. Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-eu-transatlantic-free-trade-agreement-tafta-big-business-corporate-power-grab/5352885 http://www.gatewayhouse.in/agricultural-development-and-food-security-in-africa/ This compendium of essays edited by Fantu Cheru and Renu Modi analyses the impact of Chinese, Indian and Brazilian investments in African agriculture. Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gatewayhouse.in/agricultural-development-and-food-security-in-africa/ http://transeuropafestival.eu/ Transeuropa Festival is a unique transnational festival of culture, arts and politics, taking place in 13 cities all over Europe. It is not 13 different festivals happening at the same time, but one festival taking place throughout the continent. Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://transeuropafestival.eu/ http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/4194351-nous-assistons-un-choc-fondamental Europe has for centuries known tension between place and space. A day's drive in Europe can easily take you through at least four regions that are completely different in terms of language and culture. While that enormous diversity has long been our strength, the resulting rivalry has also proven to be our eternal, diabolical and bloody weakness. Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.presseurop.eu/fr/content/article/4194351-nous-assistons-un-choc-fondamental http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35715&lan=EN FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva highlighted the potential of South-South Cooperation and reiterated FAO's commitment "to strengthen and channel exchanges between Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa with the aim to adopt, adapt and broaden best practices that promote agricultural development." Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35715&lan=EN http://www.infolatam.com/2013/08/07/el-peligro-de-la-%E2%80%98sino-dependencia%E2%80%99-y-la-reprimarizacion/ For most of the twentieth century, it was said, quite rightly, that "when the United States, a cold, Latin America catches pneumonia." A recession in the giant North almost invariably resulted south of the Rio Grande in crashes widespread growth, competitive devaluations chain and a long series of calamities, from rising unemployment to political instability. For several Latin American countries that role has moved to China. Each new negative signal coming from the Asian giant has the effect of tropical storm in the region. As the Chinese economy slows down, the price of the metal drops a new rung. Since January, the price of gold has fallen by 13.2%, 23.6% silver and 7.7% copper. From their respective peaks reached in 2011, the copper price has fallen 35%, the iron ore 40% and gold 36%. Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.infolatam.com/2013/08/07/el-peligro-de-la-%E2%80%98sino-dependencia%E2%80%99-y-la-reprimarizacion/ http://www.oecd.org/fr/emploi/emp/perspectivesdelemploidelocde.htm The OECD Employment Outlook 2013 looks at labour markets in the wake of the crisis. It also includes chapters on employment protection legislation; benefit systems, employment and training programmes and re-employment earnings and skills after job loss. Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.oecd.org/fr/emploi/emp/perspectivesdelemploidelocde.htm http://www.infolatam.com/2013/08/04/el-alba-declara-la-guerra-a-la-alianza-del-pacifico/ Which ALBA and the Pacific Alliance two integration processes not only dissimilar but faced was something we already knew. Now, after the recent summit of the countries of "XXI century socialism" in Guayaquil , it has become much more evident that in Latin America there are two incompatible integration projects. Guayaquil was the first summit of ALBA without Hugo Chavez and this has not been an obstacle to have had a strong political and ideological. Rafael Correa, who opened to host the XII Summit of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), has come out of this meeting with regional leadership reinforced. 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