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Puisque Washington entend assurer le « leadership » de la croisade démocratique — « L'Amérique est de retour, prête à diriger le monde », a proclamé M. Joseph Biden le 24 novembre 2020 —, les pays satellites feraient bien de comprendre que les Américains ne s'accordent plus sur l'identité de leur (...) / États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Russie, Chine, Relations internationales, Géopolitique - 2021/01

Despite heated language, the U.S. goals haven’t changed.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed Lebanon’s decision to bring to justice the man found guilty of killing two UN peacekeepers decades ago.

Nous assistons à la plus dangereuse confrontation entre la Russie et les Etats-Unis de ces dernières décennies, la pire sans doute depuis la crise des missiles de 1962. / États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Russie, Ukraine, URSS, Conflit, Géopolitique, Histoire, Idées, Idéologie, Relations (...) / États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Russie, Ukraine, URSS, Conflit, Géopolitique, Histoire, Idées, Idéologie, Relations internationales, Stratégie - 2014/10

Progress made towards sustainable development by the Atlantic Ocean nation, Cape Verde, is under serious threat due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the United Nations’ most senior official in the country. In this blog, UN Resident Coordinator Ana Patricia Graça, explains how the UN is supporting the small island country to rebound from the impact of the virus.

Americans are aware that Democrats and Republicans have become polarized—but they’ve misunderstood how.

A UN independent human rights expert, on Tuesday, called on the United States to remove unilateral sanctions against Syria that may hamper efforts to rebuild the war-torn country’s destroyed civilian infrastructure.

Here are five of our best pieces on how East Asia handled the pandemic.

A look back at our best essays on the onset of the coronavirus.

In part four of our review of the global impact of COVID-19, UN News considers the new challenges faced by refugees and migrants during 2020; from a heightened risk of catching the COVID-19 virus in crowded camps, to being stranded due to travel restrictions, and becoming the targets of criminal gangs.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is threatening to delay Senate business until a vote is scheduled on sending $2,000 checks to Americans.

We don't yet know whether new variants of the coronavirus may impede vaccines’ efficacy. But they shouldn’t change anything about our approach to public health.

Accédez à l’article de Florence Faucher et Colin Hay, « Breaking up is hard to do : Royaume-Uni et Union européenne après le Brexit » ici.

Retrouvez le sommaire du numéro 4/2020 de Politique étrangère ici.

Respecting drug companies’ intellectual property rights during a pandemic doesn’t make medical, or economic, sense.

The world in 2021 will be haunted by the legacies of 2020: an ongoing pandemic, an economic crisis, Donald Trump’s divisive presidency—and new threats emanating from wars and climate change.

An increase in violence against women in India during the global COVID-19 outbreak has been described by the United Nations as a "shadow pandemic".

As the world enters 2021, after a “year of trials, tragedies and tears”, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has delivered a message of hope for the new year. 

In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world.

Austérité ou relance ? Soumettre les politiques économiques aux critères d'évaluation de la recherche médicale permettrait de trancher la question. / Grèce, Démocratie, Dette, Économie, Inégalités, Pauvreté, Politique, Protection sociale, Santé, Violence, Islande, Crise économique, Crise financière - (...) / Grèce, Démocratie, Dette, Économie, Inégalités, Pauvreté, Politique, Protection sociale, Santé, Violence, Islande, Crise économique, Crise financière - 2014/10

Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October.