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

Energy in the Era of the New Geopolitics

On 23/07/2026

This article is the English version of Laura Cozzi and Thomas Spencer, « L’énergie à l’ère de la nouvelle géopolitique », published in Politique étrangère (Vol. 91, No. 2, 2026) which celebrates the journal’s 90th anniversary.

The world remains hungry for energy. It is a crucial input to modern economies and fuels welfare improvements for the billions of people in developing countries. The secure, affordable and sustainable flow of energy is a core concern of national policymakers everywhere. At the international level, policymakers recognize that energy security requires cooperation. For this reason, they have invested in international organizations like the International Energy Agency (IEA), which was established in 1974 after the first oil shock with a mandate to support the energy security of its member countries. However, the energy system is changing, and with this change, the nature of energy security is also shifting. Four major trends are restructuring the global energy system.

War and Technology: An Approaching Military Revolution?

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On 21/07/2026

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This article is the English version of Hew Strachan, « Guerre et technologies : vers une révolution militaire ? », published in Politique étrangère (Vol. 91, No. 2, 2026) which celebrates the journal’s 90th anniversary.

Since the industrialization of Europe in the mid-19th century, most commentators have shaped their visions of future war through the prism of technological innovation. At first, this trend was modified by strategic thinkers who, while accepting that the development of new weapons and their mass production with precision tools were changing tactics, argued for an underlying continuity in the principles of war and the strategies which shaped it. Before the First World War, Ferdinand Foch cited Napoleon when he taught at the École de guerre and Julian Corbett’s ideas on maritime strategy, propounded at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, drew their evidence from the age of sail.

Religion, Moral Order, and the Resacralization of International Politics

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On 17/07/2026

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This article is the English version of Peter Mandaville, « Religion, ordre moral et resacralisation de la politique internationale », published in Politique étrangère (Vol. 91, No. 2, 2026) which celebrates the journal’s 90th anniversary.

For much of the late 20th century, it seemed reasonable to assume that religion was gradually receding from the center of international politics. Modernization theory anticipated a process of secularization and the experience of Western Europe in particular appeared to confirm that trajectory. As levels of religious affiliation and participation declined in parts of the North Atlantic world, it became easier to imagine that economic development, urbanization, and liberal democratic governance would progressively relocate religion to the private sphere. After the Cold War, this assumption was reinforced by a broader narrative of convergence: ideological rivalry had ended, and liberal democracy appeared not only institutionally durable but normatively ascendant.

How Technology Is Reshaping the World Order

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On 15/07/2026

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This article is the English version of Anu Bradford, « Comment la technologie redessine l’ordre mondial », published in Politique étrangère (Vol. 91, No. 2, 2026) which celebrates the journal’s 90th anniversary.

Today’s leading technology companies exercise vast influence over the world order. Their outsized economic, political, informational, and cultural power shapes societies and the lives of individuals. Prominent scholars and policy analysts have described these tech firms as “new governors” that exercise novel forms of sovereignty in a world that is no longer unipolar, bipolar, or multipolar but rather “technopolar”.