Feed aggregator

Le nombre de diplômés de l’enseignement supérieur est en constante augmentation, année après année. En parallèle, on constate un allongement de la durée des études, avec le master qui s’impose de plus en plus comme la norme. Pour autant, le chômage et le déclassement des jeunes se maintiennent à des niveaux historiquement hauts.

Cet article Julien Gonzalez : Enseignement supérieur : les limites de la « mastérisation » est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

Recently, the Foreign Ministry of Israel released a cartoon mocking (Western) reporters, portraying them as clueless and ignorant.

The cartoon shows a blonde American reporter missing all of the obvious atrocities happening around him as he reports live from Gaza.

“We are here in the center of Gaza, and as you can see, people here are trying to live quiet lives. There are no terrorists here, just ordinary people,” he says.

In the meantime, a militant launches a missile in the background, and a Hamas official carries off an LGBT activist with a bag over his head, presumably for execution.

The cartoon was in English, clearly intended for a foreign audience.

It was released to preempt the publication of a U.N. Human Rights Council report critical of Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip last summer.

Then, Israel released another cartoon this week. It was tweeted out by account of the Prime Minister of Israel (as opposed to Bibi’s personal account) and shared through their Facebook account. In fact, at the time of this writing, @IsraelPM has it as a pinned tweet and the Prime Minister of Israel‘s Facebook account has it as a pinned post.

The cartoon presents the case that Iran is just like ISIS:

“The Islamic State of Iran.
Like ISIS.
Just much bigger.”

Again, the cartoon is in English.

Neither cartoon got much of a warm reception online, or from the press. If Israel was hoping to change hearts and minds, they need look no further than the YouTube comments of the most recent video to see they fell short. It has twice the number of thumbs down as thumbs up, and that was the polite response. The comments are particularly nasty.

Many have compared both videos to be of the “South Park style.” Neither swayed anyone who didn’t already agree with their point, and both gave ample room for mockery, if not outright anger.

If nothing else, whoever was tasked with creating this videos should be reprimanded for keeping the comments section open on YouTube.

Follow me on Twitter @jlemonsk.

Retrouvez ici les photos de l’évènement « Valeurs d’islam, république et citoyenneté ».
La Fondation pour l’innovation politique a organisé une matinée exceptionnelle de débats le dimanche 14 juin, de 9h à 13h, autour du thème : « Valeurs d’islam, république et citoyenneté ».

Cet article « Valeurs d’islam, république et citoyenneté » – Photos de l’événement est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

The threat of nuclear war was diminished greatly in the early 1980s after the SALT II treaty between the United States and Soviet Union created an agreed upon reduction of nuclear arms. The emergence of MIRVs, missiles that could release multiple warheads on various targets using one rocket as its base, was considered to be a significant risk to both sides. MIRVs and similar systems were limited and eventually banned by the SALT I and SALT II treaties. However, in 2013, the Russian government announced it was going to replace their late generation SS-18 Satan missiles with a new system. The new system, named Sarmat, will begin testing in October 2015. This new ICBM will likely be the newest and most advanced system to be put into service in a generation.

The re-establishment of Russian and NATO military units across the borders is ramping up while diplomacy in Ukraine continues to be usurped by active battles in Eastern Ukraine. NATO’s commitment to place heavy tank and artillery divisions in countries bordering Russia has given Russia the narrative and catalyst to increase its military presence on its own border. Russia’s 2015 May Day parade showed several new ground systems being introduced into their arsenal based on the T-14 Armata tank hull and chassis. Air defense systems similar to that of the BUK-M1 were also on display, such as the related BUK-M2, TOR-M2E and Pansir-S1. Russia’s public demonstrations of new equipment used to be the way Western powers saw how the Soviet army’s capabilities changed from year to year. It seems like this tradition will continue with the “Armata” parade

Mobile nuclear missile systems like the SS-25 Sickle have been the mainstay of Russian nuclear forces for the last few years. The May Day parade featured the SS-27 system, an updated SS-25, along with the new Armata-based systems. Another recent announcement that Russia will start to upgrade more TU-160 strategic bombers after years of stalled production also confirmed a return to the Cold War status quo that was diminished at the end of the 1980s.

The return to large and complex weapons systems might require a shift in U.S. policy in order to compete with new Russian equipment. If the United States and NATO are unable to balance Russian forces on the border, diplomacy may only come after deterrence neutralizes any future “hot” conflict in Eastern Europe.

Általános : Július 1-jétől Luxemburg, az egyik legkisebb és legrégebbi uniós tagállam tölti be az EU Tanács elnöki posztját. Szerdán a plenáris ülésen az EP-képviselők megvitatják a főbb problémákat, amelyekkel az országnak szembe kell néznie a következő hat hónapban. A vitán szó lesz a görög válságról, a menekültügy problémájáról, illetve a decemberi párizsi klímakonferencia kérdéseiről is. Az elnökség átvétele előtt luxemburgi EP-képviselőket kérdeztünk arról, hogy mit várnak az elkövetkezendő időszaktól.

Forrás : © Európai Unió, 2015 - EP

Les enjeux des prochains mois en termes de lutte contre le changement climatique mais aussi d’aide au développement sont cruciaux. L’un ne peut aller sans l’autre : convaincre tous les pays d’agir contre le changement climatique n’est possible qu’avec une aide aux pays les plus pauvres, tandis que l’adaptation et l’atténuation sont elles-mêmes des facteurs de développement.

Le 17 juin, la FLF Surcouf, engagée en opérations au sein de la CTF 150 dans des opérations de sécurité maritime en océan Indien, s’est entraînée avec la frégate nippone Ikazuchi. Cette dernière embarque le commandement de la Combined Task force 151, force jumelle de la CTF150, engagée dans des missions de lutte contre la piraterie, dans la même zone de responsabilité que le Surcouf.

Le 18 juin 2015, la frégate Surcouf, engagée au sein de la CTF 150, a réalisé des opérations d’approach and assist auprès de deux boutres dans le golfe arabo-persique.

General : From 1 July the rotating six-month presidency of the Council of the EU has been in the hands of one of the smallest, yet most experience member states. On 8 July MEPs hold a plenary debate on the challenges it will have to tackle, including the Greek debt crisis, an increase in irregular migration and the preparation for the climate change conference in Paris in December. Just before the start of the presidency, we asked all of the country's six MEPs for their views.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Jusqu'à présent, Washington a fait du traité transpacifique de libre-échange une arme pour contenir le géant asiatique. Pékin lui-même est resté à distance, préférant lancer sa propre alliance. Il y a fort à parier que les deux capitales évolueront en parallèle. / Asie, Chine, États-Unis, États-Unis (...) / Asie, Chine, États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Japon, Agroalimentaire, Commerce international, Économie, Libéralisme, Mondialisation, Multinationales, Propriété intellectuelle, Pacifique, Services - 2014/11

Plenáris ülés : Görögország és a vasárnapi népszavazás állt a keddi, lett elnökséget értékelő plenáris vita középpontjában. Laimdota Straujuma, Lettország miniszterelnöke a leköszönő elnökség főbb kihívásait és eredményeit vitatta meg az EP-képviselőkkel és Jean-Claude Junckerrel, az Európai Bizottság elnökével.

Forrás : © Európai Unió, 2015 - EP

DRAFT RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council and Commission decision on the conclusion by the European Union of the Protocol to the Framework Agreement on comprehensive partnership and cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Sandra Kalniete

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

On Tuesday, 7 July, Laimdota Straujuma, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, addressed the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) and presented overview of the Latvian Presidency in the Council of the EU.

On Tuesday, 7 July, Laimdota Straujuma, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, addressed the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) and presented overview of the Latvian Presidency in the Council of the EU.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP

Plenary sessions : The EU must do more to help farmers to earn a fair return from the food supply chain, introduce better tools for dealing with market disturbances and help farmers to find new outlets for produce shut out of the Russian market, MEPs say in two non-binding resolutions voted on Tuesday. Member states should help them join forces in producer organisations to boost their bargaining power, they add.

Source : © European Union, 2015 - EP