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Le nouveau numéro de Politique étrangère (1/2016) vient de paraître ! Il consacre un dossier aux migrations en Afrique, sous un regard qui se veut à la fois novateur et différent, ainsi que de nombreux articles liés à l’actualité comme le retour de la question allemande, les rivalités entre l’État islamique et Al-Qaïda, le Brexit ou encore l’évaluation du poids de l’armée russe.

Les déplacements des Africains concernent massivement…l’Afrique seule. Se préoccuper des migrations internationales, c’est donc porter le regard bien au-delà des conjonctures européennes. Ce numéro de Politique étrangère s’y attache, tentant de décrire (dans son dossier Migrations en Afrique : un regard neuf) les déterminants multiples des mouvements migratoires, les tentatives des États du continent noir pour gérer le problème majeur des déplacés internes, les difficultés d’intégration des migrants du travail dans les sociétés d’accueil, ou les faux-semblants des accords euro-africains de réadmission…

Dans une Europe confrontée à ses « polycrises », y a-t-il un retour de la question allemande ? – thème de notre rubrique Contrechamps – ? Sans doute oui. Non que l’Allemagne le souhaite, mais du fait de son poids propre, parfois de l’incertitude de ses choix, et surtout du doute fondamental, existentiel, des Européens sur eux-mêmes, sur les conditions de leur entente. Un doute qui valorise, dans les faits, les positions allemandes.

Le Moyen-Orient s’enfonce dans la tragédie, et cette livraison de Politique étrangère propose de multiples réflexions : sur les rivalités inter-djihadistes, les risques de contagion vers des pays encore vaguement stables, sur les rapports de force militaires sur le terrain, ou sur les logiques internes qui gouvernent l’acteur turc – joueur décisif dans toutes les hypothèses.

Avec, sous-jacente, une question qu’on avait en Occident chassée depuis vingt ans, et que l’actualité nous ré-impose : que vaut vraiment l’armée russe ?…

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Lisez gratuitement l’article d’Isabelle Facon, « Que vaut l’armée russe ? », ici.

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E.J. Hogendoorn, Deputy Africa Program Director, joins a panel discussion as part of the "Examining the current state of Nigeria" event that took place on 29 February 2016 at the Brooking Institution, Washington D.C.

Uno de los elementos más peligrosos del conflicto en Ucrania, que ya va para dos años, sigue siendo la imprevisibilidad de las tácticas de la vecina Rusia. A pesar de sus declaraciones de apoyo al proceso de paz de Minsk y el reconocimiento de la soberanía ucraniana sobre las repúblicas separatistas de Donetsk y Lugansk, las acciones llevadas a cabo por Moscú en el este de Ucrania parecen diseñadas para reforzar dichas entidades en lugar de prepararlas para ser desmanteladas.

(Own report) - In an interview with Germany's ARD public television, the Syrian President Bashar al Assad acknowledged Germany's role in hosting Syrian refugees and does not rule out Germany's playing an influential role in Syria's future. He "hopes" that other countries, "especially European countries" - and Germany as the strongest EU power - would "play a role" in ending the Syrian war. However, to accomplish this, they must be "independent" of the USA, Assad declared. The ARD broadcast the exclusive interview at a time when Berlin is seeking a leading role in the international Syria negotiations and preparing to enhance its influence within the framework of the eventual reconstruction of this Middle Eastern country. Meanwhile, a US think tank is strongly criticizing the West's war on the "Islamic State" (IS/Daesh). According to the military-affiliated Institute for the Study of War (ISW), it is a mistake to focus the fight on Daesh and ignore other jihadi militias, such as Jabhat al Nusra. This would only facilitate the al Qaeda subsidiary Jabhat al Nusra taking power, particularly in Northern Syria, where the jihadists have firmly established themselves in the population. Berlin would also be confronted with significantly reinforced jihadist organizations, such as Al Nusra, in the framework of the eventual reconstruction efforts.

The month saw conflict continue to rage in Turkey’s south east between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), looking likely to further escalate in March. Afghanistan and Somalia both saw armed insurgencies capture new territories. In Africa, political tensions rose in Chad, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, while in Venezuela, deadlock between the opposition-held parliament and government has brought the country closer to political and economic implosion. In Asia, North Korea’s announcement of a satellite launch in violation of UN Security Council resolutions prompted international condemnation and calls for tough new sanctions. On a positive note, the coming month brings the possibility of a final agreement to end Colombia’s decades-old insurgency.

تعيش بلدة عرسال اللبنانية، منذ نحو سنتين، شبه حصار بسبب المعركة التي شهدتها في أغسطس/آب 2014 بين الجيش اللبناني ومجموعات مسلحة، في مقدمتها تنظيما الدولة الإسلامية (المعروف بالدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام ـ داعش سابقاً) وجبهة النصرة، وخلفت تدميراً وقتلاً لمدنيين وجنود لبنانيين ومسلحين كثيرين، وأسر عناصر من الجيش والأمن العام.

49 Prozent der Bewerber für die iranischen Wahlen sind disqualifiziert worden. Doch eine verächtliche Reaktion des Westens könnte mehr Schaden anrichten als Gutes.

Many in the West had hoped that the nuclear accord with Tehran would bolster the more pragmatic forces in Iranian politics that promoted it. Many in Iran, especially the country’s conservatives, feared exactly the same.

As the twilight deepens on the almost 70-year reign of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej amid reports of his deteriorating health, the contradictions inherent in this modern, middle-class country ruled by a traditionalist elite are becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile.

Crowds queued patiently in Jinja, a sleepy town on the shores of Lake Victoria, to vote in Uganda's third multi-party elections. Prospective voters remained at polling stations, which were often little more than open grassy spaces with a tree providing shade for election staff underneath trees Like many places in the country, voting materials were delivered late several hours late. But that didn't affect the determination of millions of Ugandans to register their vote, underlining an established belief in electoral democracy as the only method to decide the political future of the country.

¿Cuál es la fuerza militar de esta guerrilla? ¿Cuál es su situación política? ¿Por qué el proceso de negociación es tan distinto del de las FARC? ¿Por qué ha escalado sus acciones armadas? ¿Será que pierde la oportunidad para la paz?

The issue of refugees and migration has risen to the top of the international community’s agenda with the massive flow of people seeking safety and new lives in Europe of late.

The United Nations Security Council today endorsed the joint statement announced on Monday by United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) Ceasefire Taskforce, on the terms of a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria, and demanded that the agreement take effect at midnight Damascus Syria time.

The United Nations deputy humanitarian chief today called on all parties to the conflict in South Sudan to protect civilians and grant safe and unhindered humanitarian access as she wrapped up a two-day visit to the African country.

As the process to select the next United Nations Secretary-General gets under way, the President of the General Assembly announced today that he will hold a series of informal dialogues and meetings with all potential candidates from 12 to 14 April.

Concerned with the increasing number of border restrictions along the Balkan land route, including in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the countries to keep their borders open &#8220in a spirit of responsibility sharing and solidarity.&#8221

As the full picture of the worst cyclone ever to hit Fiji becomes more apparent, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that up to 120,000 children across the county may be badly affected.

A United Nations rights expert today urged the Government of the Russian Federation not to implement an extradition treaty signed with the Democratic People&#39s Republic of Korea (DPRK) earlier this month.

As part of a joint effort to increase protection for the growing numbers of children and others with specific needs arriving in Europe, two United Nations agencies have agreed to set up special support centres for children and families along the most frequently used migration routes across the continent.

The United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of the UN Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau, known as UNIOGBIS, for an additional 12 months so that it can continue to assist the country in its path towards peace and reform.