https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/mav/188/RICHARD/65633
geopolitique
China Has Been Waging a Decades-Long, All-Out Spy War
Conflict in Ukraine :The Unwinding of the Post–Cold War Order
Ukraine and the battle for Eurasia-From the Heartland Theory, to the Cold War, to the Belt and Road, to the new Iron Curtain
The conflict in Eastern Europe closely follows a script written a century ago by British geo-strategist Halford John Mackinder. His paper “The Geographical Pivot of History” predicted a battle over the “World-Island,” the Eurasian continent.
A Conflict Explained : India-China Border Dispute
The changing map of the Caucasus – The creation of Nagorno Karabakh
Le Monde diplomatique
Nikolaus von Seidlitz’s interpretation of the Caucasus, published in 1881, revealed the region’s long history of diversity and friction. It still aids understanding of the tensions between Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The History of Bilingualism in Ukraine️ & Its Role in the Political Crisis / L’histoire du bilinguisme en Ukraine et son rôle dans la crise politique
The real Zelensky : from celebrity populist to unpopular Pinochet-style
Ukrainian academic Olga Baysha details Volodymyr Zelensky’s embrace of widely loathed neoliberal policies, his repression of rivals, and how his actions fueled the current war with Russia.
A comedic actor who rose to the country’s highest office in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was virtually unknown to the average American, except perhaps as a bit player in the Trump impeachment theater. But when Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Zelensky was suddenly transformed to an A-list celebrity in US media. American news consumers were bombarded with images of a man who appeared overcome by the tragic events, possibly in over his head, but ultimately sympathetic. It didn’t take long for that image to evolve into the khaki-clad, tireless hero governing over a scrappy little democracy and single-handedly staving off the barbarians of autocracy from the east.
But beyond that carefully crafted Western media image is something much more complicated and less flattering. Zelensky was elected by 73 percent of the vote on a promise to pursue peace while the rest of his platform was vague. On the eve of the invasion, however, his approval rating had sunk to 31 percent due to the pursuit of deeply unpopular policies.
Ukrainian academic, Olga Baysha, author of Democracy, Populism, and Neoliberalism in Ukraine: On the Fringes of the Virtual and the Real, has studied Zelensky’s rise to power and how he has wielded that power since becoming president. In the interview below, Baysha discusses Zelensky’s embrace of neoliberalism and increasing authoritarianism, how his actions contributed to the current war; his counterproductive and self-absorbed leadership throughout the war, the complex cultural and political views and identities of Ukrainians, the partnership between neoliberals and the radical right during and after Maidan, and whether a Russian takeover of the entire Donbass region might be less popular among the local population than it would have been in 2014.
Moldavie et Transnistrie entre deux mondes
Le Monde diplomatique 2006
https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/publications/l_atlas_geopolitique/a53543
La guerre en Ukraine , une menace pour le fragile équilibre géopolitique en Arctique
La Russie et plusieurs membres de l’Otan partagent une frontière maritime commune en Arctique. Si les préoccupations environnementales et les intérêts économiques ont généralement contribué à renforcer la collaboration des pays dans la région, la guerre en Ukraine menace de bouleverser cet équilibre délicat.
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