Jul 26, 2015 | Climate change, English, environment, Globalization, Non-state diplomacy, Passage au crible (English)
By Weiting Chao. Translation: Lawrence Myers
Six months before the Climate Conference (COP21), the 26th World Gas Conference (WGC2015) was held June 1-5, 2015, in Paris. Organized by the IGU (International Gas Union), the event brought together more than 4,000 representatives from 83 countries from the biggest global industry players including BP, Total, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ENI, BG Group, Statoil, Qatargass, PetroChina, etc. Climate change, which now takes center stage, incited these actors to discuss themes linked to energy transition…
Oct 26, 2014 | Culture en, Non-state diplomacy, Passage au crible (English), Symbolic politics
By Josepha Laroche
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°115
On October 10, 2014, the Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to the French writer Patrick Modiano. After J.M.G. Le Clézio, who obtained the award in 2008, this author…
Nov 24, 2013 | Digital Industry, Non-state diplomacy, Passage au crible (English)
By Adrien Cherqui
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°97
i24News has just been created. This new international news station is based in Tel Aviv. Since July 17, 2013, it broadcasts news in French, English and Arabic for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and China…
Oct 15, 2013 | Nobel Peace Prize, Non-state diplomacy, Passage au crible (English), Security
By Josepha Laroche
Translation: Frédéric Ocrisse-Aka
Passage au crible n°93
While for several weeks, all international media were expecting the young Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai to be the next recipient, it is finally the OPCW that received…
Oct 28, 2012 | European Union, Nobel Peace Prize, Non-state diplomacy, Passage au crible (English)
By Josepha Laroche
Translation: Pierre Chabal
Passage au crible n°77
On Friday 12 October 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union. The Chairman of the Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, stated in his proclamation speech that…
Dec 15, 2010 | Human rights, Nobel Peace Prize, Non-state diplomacy, Passage au crible (English), Peace
By Josepha Laroche
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°31
This past 10th of December, during the award ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize, the winner – Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo – was absent because he is currently in his country serving a prison sentence of eleven years…
