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Une sélection d’articles traduits en anglais, et en accès libre

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Peace at an Impasse?

On 27/07/2023

This article is the English version of Gaïdz Minassian,
« Arménie-Azerbaïdjan : la paix dans l’impasse ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 88, Issue 1, 2023.

Photographie d'arrière-plan par Антон Дмитриев représentant des barbelés, lumière orange de fin de journée. Au premier plan, couverture du numéro 1/2023 de Politique étrangère.

Despite the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan ending on November 9, 2020, with Baku achieving military victory after forty-four days of exceptionally ferocious fighting, tensions have not reduced since the ceasefire was signed. On the contrary, the repercussions of Russia’s war in Ukraine have taken the strain up a notch. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) has been gripped by a dialectic of peace and war that has hindered the development of all three states in both economic and sovereignty terms, to the point that they are now truly “wounded soldiers” of the post-Soviet era.

What Progress has been Made with the Paris Agreement?

de Politique Etrangère

On 06/07/2023

dans PE in english

This article is the English version of Christian de Perthuis,
« Où en est l’Accord de Paris sur le climat ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 1, 2022.

Photographie de fond par Tyler Casey (Unsplash), éoliennes dans des champs. Au premier plan, couverture du numéro 1/2023 de Politique étrangère « Climat : quelle marche à suivre ? »

Each and every COP (Conference of the Parties) is heralded as “the last chance,” and 2021’s COP26 in Glasgow was no exception. But as the conference doors swung shut for another year, the media denounced it as a failure: it seemed as if the impressive ensemble of heads of state who had traveled to Scotland to attend the event had, once again, missed the opportunity to save the planet. But can 2022’s COP manage to achieve what 2021’s failed to? There’s one thing we can be sure of: COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh will once again be “the last chance.”

Algeria: An Aggressive Restoration

de Politique Etrangère

On 29/06/2023

dans PE in english

This article is the English version of Akram Belkaïd,
« Algérie : une restauration musclée ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 2, 2022.

Photographie de Nasro Azaizia (Unsplash) représentant un homme portant sur ses épaules le drapeau de l'Algérie (moitié vert, moitié blanc, croissant de lune et étoile rouges au centre), pointant en direction d'un drapeau de l'Algérie flottant sur un porte-drapeau.

On December 12, 2019, Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected president of the Algerian Republic after winning 58.13 percent of votes (4.9 million votes) in the first round. A former wali (similar to a prefect in France), a minister on more than one occasion, and even head of government for several months in 2017, Tebboune succeeded Abdelaziz Bouteflika. No longer supported by the army, by April 2019 Bouteflika had given up his attempt to win a fifth term due to the huge popular protests that had broken out at the beginning of the year. Although the election was spurned by a record number of voters (14.7 million voters—60.12 percent—failed to vote), it brought an end to the Algerian people’s irruption in the political arena and their persistent refusal to return to “normality.”

The European Union and the Western Balkans: Lost Illusions?

de Politique Etrangère

On 22/06/2023

dans PE in english

This article is the English version of Pierre Mirrel,
« Union européenne-Balkans occidentaux : les illusions perdues ? », published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 87, Issue 4, 2022.

Photographie de fond par Tetiana Shyshkina (Unsplash) représentant le drapeau de l'Union européenne (bleu, étoiles jaunes). Au premier plan, couverture du numéro 4/2022 du numéro de Politique étrangère.

“Undermined by years of mutual ignorance, deceit, and disrespect, the Balkans’ EU accession process has finally succumbed to both European and Balkan leaders’ populist, short-sighted policies.” This remark expresses the frustrations in the Balkans after Bulgaria again vetoed opening accession negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia on June 22, 2022, when the European Council was due to recognize the candidacies of Ukraine and Moldova the following day.