Passage au crible
A short Critical Analysis of International Current Affairs
The intention of the critical analysis reports Passage au crible on international current affairs is to encapsulate and clarify the mechanisms of world affairs. Using a transnational approach, the reports are delivered in a concise and educational format each week proposing:
1) A brief and factual reconstruction of a significant event;
2) Historical context;
3) A theoretical framework which gives the non-specialist, with an interest in international relations, access to an approach which goes further than the simple empirical descriptive approach.
4) A specialist’s analysis;
5) A short bibliography providing key references – official documents, books, articles – by recognised specialists on the matter.
PAC 51 – The Desecration of the Diplomatic Monopoly of States The Appearance of U.S. Soldier Manning in Military Courts, December 16th, 2011
By Josepha Laroche
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°51
On December 16th, 2011 American soldier Bradley Manning appeared before the military court in Fort Meade, Maryland. He was suspected of having provided Wikileaks between November 2009 and May 2010 American army…
PAC 50 – The Triumph of the American Way of Life The Failure of the Vehicle of the Indian Car, The Nano
By Alexandre Bohas
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°50
Announced with a bang by Western media, the Nano was hailed in March 2009 as the car of the emerging world, while others have condemned the pollution that its mass-market production would entail…
PAC 49 – The Formation of a Transnational Space of Indignation The World Day of October 15th, 2011
By Clément Paule
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°49
Five months after the emergence of the 15-M Movement (Movement of May 15th), the success of the world day of indignation demonstrates the consolidation of a new transnational space of social movements…
PAC 48 – From Just War to Just Peace The death of Mouammar Kadhafi, October 20th, 2011
By Jean-Jacques Roche
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°48
The National Council of Transition announced that the former Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, was killed on October 20th, 2011 and was buried that Tuesday in a secret location somewhere in the Libyan Desert…
PAC 47 – The Deficit of Economic Governance in the Heart of the Euro Zone The Crisis of the Sovereign Debt of Greece
By André Cartapanis
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°47
The crisis of the sovereign Greek debt is far from being resolved. These uncertainties remain based on the magnitude of the drop in ratings, which now inevitably must be assumed by the holders of this debt…
PAC 46 – The Emergence of a Judicial Diplomacy The Arrest in Serbia of the Last Two Remaining Indicted Persons Claimed by the ICTY
By Yves Poirmeur
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°46
Indicted since 1995 for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide by the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia), General Ratko Mladic was arrested on May 26th, 2011 by Serbian authorities…
PAC 45 – The Sociopolitical Structuring of Indignation The Transnational Movement of Indignants
By Clément Paule
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°45
Announced as the National Day of Mobilization, June 19th, 2011 represents a new success for the 15-M Movement (Movement of May 15th). In fact, many dozens of millions of people are marching throughout all of Spain…
PAC 44 – The Resources of Cybercrime The Piracy of the Google Network
By Jenna Rimasson
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°44
On June 1st, 2011, Google announced the piracy of its network. Affected by this operation are high government officials, Chinese dissidents as well as members of the army. Peking refused all implication…
PAC 43 – The Legalization of Current Humanitarian Aid The Insurrection in Libya of Colonel Gaddafi
By Philippe Ryfman
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°43
Since mid-February 2011, the confrontations between insurgents and the loyal forces of Colonel Gaddafi have provoked a humanitarian crisis. Nearly 750,000 people (Libyans and Foreigners) have left the country since…
PAC 42 – Separating the Political from the Religious for Democracy The Retreat of the Dalai Lama
By Anaïs Henry
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°42
On March 10th, 2011, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, decided to relinquish his political power to the Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile. Thus, since April 27th, Lobsang Sangay has held the role…
PAC 41 – European Minimalism Towards Ghaddafi The European Union and the Libyan Crisis
By Franck Petiteville
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°41
Faced with the Libyan Crisis in the Spring of 2011, the European Union (EU) has progressively taken part in the Benghazi protests, demanding the depart of Colonel Ghaddafi, by adopting sanctions against his regime…
PAC 40 – The Repressive Arsenal of the ICC and its Limits International Mandates against Libyan Leaders
By Yves Poirmeur
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°40
The United Nations Security Council decided in Resolution 1970 on February 26th, 2011 to give jurisdiction to the ICC (International Criminal Court) on the situation in Libya. In fact, the regime of Colonel Ghadaffi is suspected…
PAC 39 – From the Opacity of Responsibility towards the Forced Pooling of Risk The Management of the Nuclear Accident by TEPCO in Fukushmina-Daiichi, March 11th, 2011
By Clément Paule
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°39
According to the May 3rd edition of the Asahi Shimbun journal, the Japanese government has evaluated the sum of compensations to be paid by TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) to be nearly 50 billion dollars…
PAC 38 – Migratory Challenges of Arab Revolutions Schengen Accords at the heart of the Franco-Italian Meeting on April 26th 2011
By Catherine Wihtol de Wenden
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage n°38
The meeting on Tuesday, April 26th 2011 between Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi was held on the control of consecutive migrations of Arab revolutions; France has announced…
PAC 36 – The Solidarity of an Infra-State China The Chinese Aid given to Japan after the March 11, 2011 Earthquake
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…
PAC 35 – The Indecision of Alter-Globalist Political Activism The World Social Forum in Dakar, February 6-11, 2011
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…
PAC 34 – European Union Soft Power and its Limits Montenegro’s Official Candidate Status for EU Membership, December 17, 2010
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…
PAC 33 – The European Union, Protector of Human Rights France’s Security Management of the Roma and its’ Discredit in the Summer of 2010
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…
PAC 32 – The G20, Between Failure and Construction of Global Governance The Seoul Summit from November 11th – 12th 2010
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…
PAC 31 – The Radicalism of the Nobel Diplomacy The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
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…
PAC 30 – Between Global Solidarity and Strategic Donor Competition The Catastrophe of Torrential Floods in Pakistan, July 2010
By Clément Paule
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°30
On October 29th, 2010, many spokespeople for the humanitarian agencies of the United Nations have reaffirmed their worries regarding the fragile situation of millions of displaced Pakistanis. These alarming statements emphasize…
PAC 29 – The Small Steps of the ICC against Impunity The Arrest in France of a Presumed War Criminal, October 11th, 2010
By Yves Poirmeur
Translation: Davina Durgana
Passage au crible n°29
On October 11th, 2010 French authorities arrested Callixte Mbarushimana, Executive Secretary of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda- Combatant forces Abacunguzi, endorsed by an arrest warrant..
PAC 28 – The Collapse of a Global Reputation BP and its condemned handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
By Clément Paule
Translation: Brad Pizzimenti
Passage au crible n°28
On July 15th 2010, the engineers of the petroleum company BP (formerly British Petroleum) would be able to contain the leak of the Macondo wellhead 1500 meters below the ocean surface. Three months after the explosion…
PAC 27 – The Siege Mentality of North Korea After the Sinking of the South Korean Warship Cheonan on 26 March 2010
By Daniel Bourmaud Translation: Brad Pizzimenti
The tension observed on the Korean peninsula since the beginning of 2010 has seen a brutal resurgence with the sinking of a South Korean warship resulting in 46 deaths on the 26th of March 2010. In this case, Seoul accused…
read morePAC 26 – Globalization of Precautionary Principles vs. National Sovereignty The April 14th, 2010 Volcanic Eruption
By Yves Poirmeur
Translation: Melissa Okabe
Passage au crible n°26
On April 14, 2010, the Eyjafjallajökull Icelandic volcano burst into eruption. A cloud of abrasive ashes posed a threat to the functioning of airline jet engines…
