Commentary No. 315, Oct. 15, 2011 http://iwallerstein.com/fantastic-success-occupy-wall-street/ The Occupy Wall Street movement – for now it is a movement – is the most important political happening in the United States since the uprisings in 1968, whose direct descendant or continuation it … [Read more...]
The February Revolution of 2011: a Harbinger of Arab Spring
Steven Alan SAMSON In a column posted on the day of Ronald Reagan's centenary and Super Bowl Sunday, February 6, 2011, Barry Rubin delivered a punishing half-time assessment of the Obama Administration's Middle East policy. His chief point was simple: Do any of the chief actors in the region … [Read more...]
Eau et espace politique: voie navigable et intégration territoriale des grands espaces
La maîtrise de l'eau a souvent été à l'origine du politique. Pour le moins, elle aurait favorisé ou consolidé la création d'unités territoriales. Dans son ouvrage célèbre, Le Despotisme oriental. Une étude comparative du pouvoir total, Karl August Wittfogel défend la thèse que la naissance des … [Read more...]
Ukraine – a Pawn on the European Map
Alexandru Mihai GHIGIU, Sorin TUDOSE Analyzing the east-European area after the collapse of the Soviet empire we must retain the appearance of a state which by its size, population and geopolitical position, can be considered a regional actor, whose policy should be carefully observed. That state … [Read more...]
A new Arms Race? The False Hope of the “Carrier Killer” and the Urgency of Reversing the Obama Administration’s Ineptitude in “Gunboat Diplomacy”
David A. JONES China’s development, testing, public display, and apparent intent to deploy its new Dong Feng 21D “Carrier Killer” missile offers China and its allies a false hope if it intends to sink American aircraft super carriers. More likely, this will be the pretext for a 21st century arms … [Read more...]
Geopolitica viitorului – Un punct de vedere
Alex BERCA “Distincţia dintre trecut, prezent şi viitor este doar o iluzie, oricât ar fi de persistentă” (Albert Einstein, 1955) Autorul prezintă succint unele aspecte foarte controversate în ceea ce privește situaţia curentă și viitorul omenirii din diferite puncte de vedere.Chestiunea … [Read more...]
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Obama’s Geopolitical Engineer
Lopez German GORRAIZ It has always been believed that AIPAC and the hawks in the Pentagon acted as a shadow government in Washington, distort policy in terms of Israeli interests rather than the US, but the reality is that the Pro-Israeli lobby has real weight in the areas of power, but only … [Read more...]
Paradoxuri în relaţiile internaţionale
Marian Vasile NAZARE Noi trăim într-un sistem internațional anarhic, care și-a transformat propria logică într-un principiu real: concurența este regula și cooperarea reprezintă excepția. În acest context al turbulenţei, totul devine complex și paradoxal. Privim la o realitate antinomică. … [Read more...]
Uniunea Pentru Mediterana sau noul “Great Game”
Nicolae GEANTĂ Strategiile care se petrec pe piaţa globală pentru petrol, manevre şi influenţă au determinat "Marele Joc" pentru Mediterana. Uniunea pentru Mediterana, cunoscută şi ca Procesul Barcelona, generat la summitul celor 40 ţări care s-au întâlnit la 13 iulie 2008 în Paris (unde singurul … [Read more...]
Voyage au coeur de l’Elysée – Enquête réalisée par Hichem BEN YAÏCHE et Guillaume WEILL-RAYNAL
À l’Elysée - au coeur de la machine présidentielle - autour du chef de l’État, des hommes clés élaborent la politique étrangère de la France. Une politique étrangère que Nicolas Sarkozy veut cohérente, visible et transparente et qui, dans la plus pure tradition de la Ve République, demeure l’apanage … [Read more...]