Summary of Hannah Arendt’s essay written in 1967. She gives a compelling description of the relationship between lying and power in totalitarian regimes. Her work resonates with current challenges posed by the post-truth era.
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Your 5-MINUTE WEEKLY DOSE OF GEOPOLITICS. This week : UN peace operations have long been criticised for their inefficiency, their new comprehensive format based on peace-building is however not free from criticisms.
Your 5-MINUTE WEEKLY DOSE OF GEOPOLITICS. This week : NATO has a strong foothold in the Baltic but seems powerless faced with Russia’s hybrid threats.
Your 5-MINUTE WEEKLY DOSE OF GEOPOLITICS. This week : Germany has realised the importance to ramp up national and European defence capabilities, but has it really the means and will to do it?
Your 5-MINUTE WEEKLY DOSE OF GEOPOLITICS. This week : India competes more and more with China, but remains far from outshining its neighbour and thus prefers avoiding antagonising it.
Your 5-MINUTE WEEKLY DOSE OF GEOPOLITICS.
This week : the arms race in spaces continues geopolitical tensions in a new environment and there is no adequate legal framework to prevent the advent of guerrilla warfare in space.
Your 5-MINUTE WEEKLY DOSE OF GEOPOLITICS.
This week : aggressive behaviours in the Arctic for its strategic resources may not lead to a direct confrontation yet. Multilateral diplomatic frameworks do exist, but they may not be enough.
What are the advantages and drawbacks of each strategy? Is one more efficient than the other? When should one be favoured over the other?
Comment améliorer la gouvernance en Afrique? Par le haut, en renforçant les institutions étatiques déjà (trop) fortes? La voie populaire, par le bas, est-elle alors à privilégier?
Is a Western-dominated world order really a guarantee for peace? How has the shift from power rivalry to power inequality changed warfare? What is “weakness politics”? Does peace still exist?
How likely is it that the Taliban regime will collapse in 3 to 5 years? Will internal divisions, rebel groups, popular unrest and foreign pressure make it fall?
What are the shortcomings of the EU’s intelligence apparatus? Is a European Intelligence Agency the solution? How to foster cooperation between member States?
What are the two tenets on which rests the concept of nation? Are nations eternal? Are they linked to notions of race, language, religion, interest or geography?
Liberal actors see Africa as a proxy landscape for their power rivalry with illiberal countries. However, they forget that African States have their own agency and that it’s not a simple zero-sum game, a vacuum is not always spatial.
How does passive representation lead to active representation? How does it work in bureaucracies? Are quotas really useful in politics?
How can public opinion impact public policies? When can it do so? Is it the most important public policy determinant?
Why does corruption persist? Is it a principal-agent or a collective action problem? Are there solutions to eradicate it? Can corruption actually be beneficial?
What role did states play in the emergence of markets? How and why does capitalism push for state non-intervention? Are states necessary for markets’ survival?
When and how can they improve public policies? Is their discretion always a good thing? How to hold them accountable? Can technology help them improve policies?