21 July 2014
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The Somalization of the skies
The appalling tragedy that just occurred in Ukraine’s airspace leads us to reflect on the multiple dimensions of the future of the world…
14 July 2014
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The last chance for Israel and Palestine
Once again, a conflict breaks out between Israel and one of its neighbors; this time, as in 2008, against Hamas, which still governs Gaza…
7 July 2014
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What is the purpose of the ECB?
Main pivot, insuring alone the survival of the euro, without any assistance from the EU’s executive bodies, the European Central Bank (ECB) is today obliged to do exactly the opposite of what is set out by the Treaties: lending to States in order to finance their debts…
30 June 2014
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The war of law
A number of events, apparently unrelated, remind us today that, behind the war of weapons and that of economy, another war is played out, maybe more serious, the war of law…
23 June 2014
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The geopolitics of soccer
In this troubled world, the 20th FIFA World Cup final tournament could make some forget the massacres (in Iraq, in Syria, in Afghanistan and in Ukraine), unemployment, (in France and many other countries around the world), hunger (with more than one billion men, women and children going to bed hungry), the climate crisis happening around the world, and the loss of the meaning of life for nearly all human beings…
16 June 2014
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We are all intermittent workers
The current discussions on the status of those employed in the entertainment industry are essential and very revealing…
9 June 2014
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Build housing!
Throughout most of the world’s economies, today, housing is one of the major determinants of growth…
2 June 2014
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Urbi et Orbi
Microsoft has just announced that its researchers have developed, after a decade of work, with the help of Microsoft’s Skype and Translator team, speech recognition software that can decode languages in real-time, called Skype Translator…
26 May 2014
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The next crisis: in 2015?
The future might very soon remind us that, for over a quarter of a century, a major financial and economic crisis has occurred every seven years…
