Apr 1, 2011 | China, Diplomacy, Passage au crible (English)
By Jenna Rimasson
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°36
On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale, the epicenter of which was located in the Pacific Ocean. These tremors…
Mar 25, 2011 | Development, North-South, Passage au crible (English), Poverty
By Clément Paule
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°35
On March 20, 2011, the Global Day of Solidarity with the Uprisings of the Arab and African people was celebrated in many countries, as much so in France as in Mexico or Morocco. Organized by networks belonging to associations…
Feb 3, 2011 | European Union, Passage au crible (English)
By Klaus-Gerd Giesen
Translation: Justine Davis
Passage au crible n°34
On December 17, 2010, the European Union granted Montenegro official candidate status. This was the only nation authorized by the European Council to join the group that included…
Jan 20, 2011 | European Union, Human rights, Passage au crible (English)
By Catherine Wihtol de Wenden
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°33
During the summer of 2010, the French government decided to redirect towards their country of origin – for the most part to Romania – the Roma camping in illegal zones in France. In return, the French government…
Jan 7, 2011 | Financial crisis, International Finance, Passage au crible (English)
By André Cartapanis
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°32
The G20 summit that was held in Seoul from November 11th-12th 2010, was made the object of discussion, if somewhat disillusioned. After the meeting in Washington (November 15th, 2008), which ambitioned…
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…