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Pressure is building for a change.

How U.S. concessions are quietly becoming Chinese influence.

A conversation with Orville Schell.

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Pyongyang portrays AUKUS as a dangerous threat, but has it really influenced North Korea’s evolving grand strategy?

In Kazakhstan, although Victory Day celebrations still took place on May 9, the Soviet focus is increasingly being replaced by expressions of national pride.

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Can India and the Netherlands transform their growing cooperation into a fully-fledged strategic partnership with a clear long-term vision?

Southeast Asian countries are taking steps to counter drone threats. What’s really needed is a multilayered defense network.

Like other Global South countries, Pakistan would like to pursue cooperation with both the US and China. Will the Beijing summit facilitate that?

Vietnam’s critical minerals strategy applies the doctrine of strategic autonomy to a new sector. The visit by Japan’s PM shows what that approach can deliver and where it falls short.

Three lockdowns conditioned a population to accept the airtight, but invisible, seal that followed

Three years ago, only a fraction of the global public held more favorable opinions of China than of the U.S. Today, China and even Russia have a better global image.

Donald Trump est en visite en Chine ces 14 et 15 mai pour un sommet très attendu avec Xi Jinping à Pékin. Cette rencontre, la première entre les deux dirigeants depuis 2017, intervient dans un contexte international particulièrement tendu : rivalités commerciales entre Washington et Pékin, guerre au Moyen-Orient et montée des tensions autour de Taïwan.

Pourtant, malgré les déclarations très positives, ce sommet n’a pas l’air d’avoir abouti à de véritables avancées. Les principales annonces, comme l’achat par la Chine de 200 avions Boeing ou de 10 milliards de dollars de produits agricoles américains, restent symboliques. Sur des sujets plus sensibles, notamment les terres rares ou la question iranienne, Pékin ne semble avoir fait aucune concession majeure. La Chine a toutefois réaffirmé son opposition à la prolifération nucléaire et son souhait d’éviter une escalade des tensions internationales.

Mais le véritable enjeu des discussions reste Taïwan. Xi Jinping a clairement indiqué que cette question était la priorité des relations sino-américaines. Il a averti que toute mauvaise gestion de ce dossier pourrait mener à un conflit ouvert, message adressé à la fois aux américains et aux taïwanais. Une stratégie de dissuasion visant à pousser Taïwan à se rapprocher de la Chine par crainte d’un abandon américain.

Le sommet de Pékin marque-t-il une nouvelle étape dans le basculement du rapport de force mondial entre Washington et Pékin ? La Chine est-elle en train de s’imposer comme une puissance diplomatique incontournable pendant que les Etats-Unis s’enlisent dans leurs contradictions stratégiques ?

Mon analyse dans cette vidéo.

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There was no "grand bargain" on Taiwan, but Taipei is still waiting for Trump to approve the latest arms package.

Since COVID-19, the grounds for execution in North Korea have been shifting away from ordinary violent crime and toward outside information, religion, and political dissent.

Rights groups say ASEAN and the international community must have direct access to Aung San Suu Kyi.

The state’s woes are of its own making. Since independence, successive governments implemented policies that repelled foreign investment.

The European Parliament plays an important role in advancing gender equality in the European Union. Through resolutions, legislative work and political scrutiny, it has called for stronger action in areas including violence against women, equal pay, online abuse, representation in decision-making, and women’s rights in conflict settings.

In its November 2025 resolution, Parliament called on the Commission to propose adding gender-based violence to the list of EU crimes.

Parliament urged action to prevent online gender-based violence across EU digital policies and to hold platforms accountable for propagating sexist content (November 2025, February 2023). Parliament called for misogyny to be explicitly included in the definition of hate speech and hate crime at EU level (January 2024).

Parliament has also called on the Commission to address AI-related threats through education, digital literacy and research into online misogyny and radicalisation (November 2025). Ahead of the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women, it also highlighted the need for a deeper understanding of anti-gender movements, the ‘incel’ phenomenon and the ‘manosphere’, and for more active policies to counter these narratives (February 2026).

On employment, Parliament has called for the timely implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive, the Women on Boards Directive and the Work-Life Balance Directive. It demanded measures to reduce the gender employment gap and urged the Commission to promote women’s entry to, and retention within, the labour market (November 2025).

In March 2026, Parliament called on the Commission to present an action plan to eliminate gender pay and pension gaps, with a focus on fair pay and working conditions in sectors dominated by women, such as healthcare and education. Parliament also called for investments under the next EU long-term budget to strengthen work-life balance for women and ensure a reliable care sector.

Parliament has addressed gender equality in sport and culture. In an October 2025 resolution on the European sport model, it called on all stakeholders to advance gender equality in sport, combat violence, discrimination and harassment, and address the under-representation of women in sports governing bodies.

Within its own institution, Parliament has also taken steps on gender equality. In November 2025, Parliament initiated the legislative process to amend the EU Electoral Act. Under the proposed rules, a Member of the European Parliament who is pregnant or has recently given birth may delegate her plenary vote to another Member for up to three months before the estimated date of birth and six months after childbirth. This change requires the agreement of all EU countries in the Council before it can enter into force.

Furthermore, the European Parliament Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) organises an annual gender equality week and various events to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March.

Parliament has repeatedly called for women’s full participation in peace and security decision-making and for consistent EU financing of initiatives that promote women in leadership roles and combat sexual violence in conflict settings (April 2025, May 2025, July 2025). It repeatedly condemned rape and sexual violence in Russia’s attack on Ukraine (February 2023, February 2026) and drew attention to widespread sexual violence and child rape in the conflict in Sudan (March 2025).

Parliament has called for a new gender action plan post-2027 with a gender-sensitive approach to humanitarian aid (January 2026). It also stated that EU defence policies should reflect gender equality and diversity, promoting inclusive military environments with equal opportunities regardless of gender or background (April 2025).

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