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There has been a marked revival of industrial policy across the African continent since the mid-2000s, in countries such as Ethiopia and South Africa, as well as in numerous reports by continental institutions such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa...
In the last 40 years, international summits have vastly expanded their role. Illustrative of this trend, the G7/8 and G20 gradually expanded to cover major world issues – until 2018 when US President Trump withdrew his support for the G7 joint declaration. This,...
Support for global cooperation has significantly eroded in the last years, raising key challenges for the future of international organisations and the current multilateral system broadly defined. Yet, as the world is facing the threat of Covid19, can one imagine a...
Gender mainstreaming is a vital precondition of gender equality. Early Childhood Development in Emergencies (ECDiE)1 programming requires an approach that ensures that girls and boys have equal access to services across all developmental areas and are empowered...
Nous avons tous un smartphone, ou au moins un téléphone mobile fonctionnant avec la norme GSM dite 2G, socle de la 3G, 4G et 5G. Sans ce système, votre smartphone ne pourrait plus émettre et recevoir d’appels, et ne pourrait plus envoyer/recevoir de data ; il ne...
Le modèle européen de démocratie libérale n'est pas un fait acquis. Plusieurs défis s’annoncent et requièrent notre engagement. Le Professeur Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, lors de son discours intitulé « Les Désenchantements de la Démocratie Post-Moderne »1,...
Whereas the world has probably never been a better place for human beings in historical perspective, it is facing formidable challenges. Among those, I put on top of my list the exhaustion of environmental resources, climate...
Jeremy Rifkin, an American economic and social theorist, shared a compelling vision of the future in the green digital economy at the University of Toronto on November 19th. He is the main architect of Smart Europe, the European Union’s long-term economic vision and...
“He died like a dog”, said President Donald J. Trump on 27 October 2019 at the press briefing announcing the killing by US special forces in Syria of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. These invocating words could have been uttered, in the same tone and to the...
After months of ironclad refusal to reopen negotiations, the EU had to admit that its solution to prevent to hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland – the infamous backstop provision to seal off, if needed, the Irish island from British mainland – would...
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