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ASEAN summit prepares for economic downturn

April 10, 2012

The 20th ASEAN summit took place last week in Cambodia. It ended after two days with a Phnom Penh Declaration, which basically reiterates the members’ commitment to establishing the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. The summiteers were greeted in the capital’s Peace Palace by huge billboards depicting the smiling faces of the Chinese president Hu… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

External Relations

, ASEAN, Asia, China, Japan, trade bloc

Freak geopolitical development: a G-0 world order

April 6, 2012

If we are to believe Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group and David Gordon, former director at the State Department, we have been living – for a number of years now – in a leaderless world, after decades with the US at the helm.. For the two specialists in geopolitics and geo-economics, as well as for… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

External Relations

, Asia, China, E.U., USA

Military spending: less boots on the ground for EU

March 20, 2012

International military analysts have recently pointed out that military spending in Asia has increased to 262 billion euros in 2012. The amount could overtake the EU’s own military spending in the near future, possibly as early as next year. Smaller military budgets, however, are consistent with the EU’s new focus on soft power and diplomacy,… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

External Relations

, Asia, China, E.U., India, Russia, USA

The US’ Strategic Defense Review assessed

January 28, 2012

The Defense Strategic Review (DSR) released by the Pentagon on the 5th of January 2012 summarises the Obama Administration’s geopolitical agenda and strategic priorities. From it, experts can discern which country is considered the new enemy of the USA, although President Obama’s speech on the occasion does not mention China by name. In France, the… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

External Relations

, Asia, Central Europe, China, E.U., India, US

Make or break-year for G20

January 20, 2011

Cleaning up the debris of the 2007-2008 Great Recession is not a job for the fainthearted. It’s enough to look around us to realise that the task is herculean, as it involves efforts similar to cleaning Augias’ stables. Dealing with toxic assets, implementing harsh and unpopular austerity measures, avoiding currency and trade wars and increasing… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

English, External Relations

, China, E.U., geoeconomics, USA

Why the US decided to start a currency war

November 17, 2010

For a few months now we are bombarded with news about an impending currency war as a result of the Chinese reluctance to allow their currency to appreciate against the dollar. The US, as the promoter of the latest round of China-bashing, has even enlisted the help of some of the EU’s high representatives. Not… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

English, External Relations

, China, E.U., economics, euro, USA

Obama’s strategic error in Asia

November 15, 2010

During President Obama’s 10-day tour of Asia, he found it opportune to use the State Department’s latest sound-bite, “democracies vs. authoritarian states”. To be sure, premier Singh, an economist, knows why the size of the Chinese economy is four times that of India’s. Alas, democracy is not a contributing factor. After all, the Asian tigers… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

English, External Relations

, China, France, USA

Towards Bretton Woods III

November 9, 2010

The US Federal Reserve’s second round of quantitative easing has prompted near-universal condemnation by the financial leaders of Germany, China, Brazil, the ASEAN and the EU. From The People’s Daily to Der Spiegel, newspapers are full of criticism and dire predictions of an impending international currency war, which is bound to result from the flooding… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

Economy & Euro, English, External Relations

, China, E.U., euro, Japan, USA

US intercession cranks up political tensions in Hanoi

October 31, 2010

The 17th annual ASEAN summit and related meetings (East Asia Summit – EAS, ASEAN plus One and ASEAN plus Three) have taken place last weekend in Hanoi amid heavy security. For the first time, the United States and Russia were invited to hear the decision of the EAS asking them to join the 16-nation group… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

English, External Relations

, ASEAN, Asia, China, Japan, USA

India’s new “Look East” drive

October 28, 2010

In a surprising turn of events, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has this week launched his new “Look East” trade and foreign policy, during a week-long state visit to Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam. India’s main concern these days is that of increasing the country’s foreign trade volume at least to pre-crisis levels. In Japan, premier… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

English, External Relations

, Asia, China, India, Japan

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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 […]
Florian Pantazi

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