On Monday, June 22nd, IPI will host a Distinguished Author Series event featuring Thomas J. Christensen, author of The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power.
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In what is the critical bilateral relationship of the 21st century, China is seen as a rival superpower to the United States, and many imagine the country’s rise to be a threat to US leadership in Asia and beyond. In The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power, Thomas J. Christensen argues against this zero-sum vision, describing instead a new paradigm in which the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while encouraging the country to contribute to the global order.
China benefits enormously from that global order and has no intention of overthrowing it. But that is not enough. China’s active cooperation is essential to global governance. If China instead obstructs international efforts to confront nuclear proliferation, civil conflicts, financial instability, and climate change, those efforts will falter.
The conversation will be moderated by IPI Senior Adviser for External Relations, Warren Hoge.
You can read here the article on the importance of the decision of the Greek government, which was written by Director General of ELIAMEP Dr Thanos Dokos. This commentary was published in the Greek daily Kathimerini on 17 June 2015.
Grexit would have profound (although not equally distributed) geopolitical consequences for all sides involved. Even if Greece were to leave the eurozone but remain in the EU, the country’s contribution to various common endeavors would be quite limited, at best.
First, Greece has one of the EU’s most sensitive external borders in the context of immigration. Effective border management would be beyond the capabilities of a bankrupt country.
Second, a healthy Greece, either as a party to a dispute or as a balancing actor between Albanian and Slavic populations in the Western Balkans, can play an important stabilizing role in the region.
Third, further reduction of defense expenditures and military capabilities would negatively affect Greece’s participation in NATO and EU missions.
Fourth, Greece’s privileged relationship—of varying degrees—with Israel, the Arab world, Iran, Russia, and China could allow it to play the role of an additional Western bridge in turbulent regions.And finally, an ostracized Greece would be vulnerable to non-Western great-power penetration.
So a new Greece could certainly be a valuable partner for the EU, as well as for the United States and NATO, in regions of critical importance for European and transatlantic security and interests. Greek political leaders should step up to the challenge and take advantage of the country’s opportunities.
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L’IHEDN était partenaire cette année du Paris Air Forum qui s’est déroulé le 12 juin dernier à la Maison de la Chimie à Paris...
Sébastien Abis est administrateur au Secrétariat général du CIHEAM, chercheur associé à l’IRIS. Il répond à nos questions alors qu’il présentera son ouvrage “ Géopolitique du blé, un produit vital pour la sécurité mondiale” dans le cadre du colloque “Le blé, enjeux géopolitiques et diplomatie économique” organisé par l’IRIS et l’AGPB le jeudi 18 juin 2015 :
– Le colloque organisé par l’IRIS le jeudi 18 juin sera l’occasion de discuter des enjeux géopolitiques du blé. Quels sont-ils ? Dans quelle mesure cette céréale est-elle déterminante pour la sécurité mondiale ?
– Vous consacrez une partie de votre ouvrage à la « géohistoire d’un grain au cœur du pouvoir ». En quoi le blé a-t-il contribué à l’histoire du monde ?
– Dans quelle mesure les matières premières agricoles, et notamment le blé, sont-elles révélatrices des tensions et des compétitions entre les États ?
President of ELIAMEP, Professor Loukas Tsoukalis participated as a speaker in the panel debate on ‘State of the Union’ – Is there a need for a ‘new pact’ and are we ready for it? organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC), in collaboration with leading foundations and think tanks,was held in Brussels on Wednesday, 17 June, at 11.00am. Co-panellists include Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign And European Affairs of Belgium, Elmar Brok and Danuta Hübner, MEPs. You can find more information here.
Peace and political transition processes provide key opportunities to transform institutions, structures, and relationships in societies affected by conflict or crises. Despite these wide-ranging implications, women’s participation in formal peacemaking remains low. And empirical evidence regarding the impact of women’s participation on peace has been lacking.
The International Peace Institute’s new report, “Reimagining Peacemaking: Women’s Roles in Peace Processes” examines the challenges and opportunities presented by women’s participation in peace and transition processes. It shares new quantitative and qualitative evidence on the impact of this participation and explores models and strategies for strengthening women’s influence throughout mediated processes.
Based on research carried out at the International Peace Institute in New York and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, the new report shows how the lag in women’s participation is linked to broader dilemmas in the peacemaking landscape today. Drawing on a comparative study of forty peace and transition processes from the Broadening Participation Project, it demonstrates that when women are able to effectively influence a peace process, a peace agreement is almost always reached and the agreement is more likely to be implemented. The report also features a case study on two distinct peace processes in the Philippines, where an unprecedented level of women’s participation offers lessons on their influence.
The authors suggest that those seeking to strengthen a peace or transition process by advancing women’s meaningful participation can leverage four key strategies:
La Fondation pour l’innovation politique souhaite relayer l’action de l’Association Française des Biotechnologies Végétales (AFBV) suite aux manifestations organisées par Greenpeace pour réclamer le zéro pesticide pour la protection des cultures et en particulier pour la protection des pommes de terre. En conséquence, nous partageons avec vous ce communiqué de presse publié le 14 juin 2015.
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