The long or the short view? In the haste to avoid a second Great Depression, many governments around the world took emergency measures that did not really address the deep …
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The First Decade of the Century: A Balance Sheet
The geopolitical balance of the first decade of the 21st century reveals several major shifts. On the security front, global war has faded into the past. It has been replaced …
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The relationship between China and the United States (Chimerica) has become problematic. At the same time, the relationships between China and some major Latin American countries has become promising. Brazilian …
Read More »The Day After: Reflections on the Evolution of the Crisis
What have the principal countries gained with the various rescue measures they have adopted in face of the financial crisis? They have gained time. But gaining time is not a …
Read More »By Reason or by Force The International Crisis and the Return of Public Intervention
In the uncanny calm that has followed the crisis a new “systemic” rationality is making headway. Neither individuals nor single states are capable by themselves of engaging it. Only international …