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EU: Undoing Germany’s “Reluctant” Hegemony

July 30, 2015

To those in the know, the Italian peninsula was not only the cradle of the Roman Empire or Rome the centre of the Catholic faithful, but also the birthplace of capitalism and of countless statecraft innovations and institutions still widely used around the world today. During the middle ages, the Italian city-states thus discovered and… » read more

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E.U., Economy & Euro, English, EU Priorities and Opinion, External Relations, Security

, E.U., euro, France

EU: what are Latin countries waiting for ?

July 23, 2015

Very few American experts grasp the motivations behind the construction of the European Union. As a result, American specialized literature abounds with misguided comparisons, such as that between the US Civil War from the 19th century and today’s tense situation between Europe’s North and South. Yes, the EEC was initially formed in 1957 to prevent… » read more

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E.U., Economy & Euro, External Relations

, E.U., euro, France, USA

EU: Grexit or Dexit ?

July 19, 2015

Some seventeen centuries ago, emperor Diocletian realized that the Roman empire had grown too big and too diverse to be ruled from a single centre. Diocletian therefore decided to split it in two, the west ruled from Rome by a fellow army officer and the east controlled by himself. The east-west division became more or… » read more

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E.U., Economy & Euro, EU Priorities and Opinion, External Relations

, E.U., France, NATO

My views on Grexit

July 13, 2015

With protracted negotiations still going on in Brussels, I would like to provide my readers with an opinion I have expressed in February this year, in an email exchange with my younger Blogactiv colleague Dimitri Rapidis from Athens. I still consider today that the total absence of a Plan B has severely weakened the position… » read more

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E.U., Economy & Euro, EU Priorities and Opinion, External Relations

, E.U., euro, Greece

SCO’s Landmark Ufa Summit

July 11, 2015

On the 9th and 10th of July 2015, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has held a landmark summit in Ufa (Russia), its 15th to date. Ufa has simultaneously hosted the BRICS summit, which was meant to further strengthen economic ties between its five emerging economic powers. Founded in 2001 by Russia, China and four Central… » read more

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Energy Supply, External Relations

, Asia, Central Asia, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, USA

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Florian Pantazi is an historian and geopolitical consultant.

Austerity fuels the spread of poverty March 3, 2015
At the end of February, Caritas International has released its 2015 Report on poverty within the European Union. According to its authors, six years of enforced budgetary authority have gravely affected 125 million EU citizens who are now forced to live under the poverty thresholds of their respective countries.The worst-hit countries are EU members such […]
Florian Pantazi
Eugène Buret on Poverty October 22, 2014
One hundred and eighty years ago (1834) , the newly-founded Academy for Moral and Political Sciences in Paris organized a competition for the best research paper on the causes and various manifestations of poverty in Europe. The best research paper on the subject, which won its author a 2,500 francs prize offered by baron Félix […]
Florian Pantazi
Le pape François et "l'économie des retombées" May 18, 2014
L'Eglise romano-catholique a toujours été concernée avec les aides pour les pauvres, leur éducation et leur bien-être. Les derniers trente ans, toutefois, la plus puissante église chrétienne du monde a pris congé de ce devoir millénaire, sous les pontificats des papes Jean Paul II et Benoît XVI. Pendant cette période, le problème de la pauvreté […]
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