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What do Iraq and Ukraine have in common ?

September 22, 2014

Two states from two very different regions of the world, steeped in different cultures and religions, are these days in the throes of civil war and face disintegration. I am referring, of course, to Iraq in the Middle East and Ukraine in Eastern Europe. If anyone had the curiosity to ask why two such different… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

External Relations

, E.U., geo-economics, Iraq, New American Century, Russia, USA

US: “reset of the reset”

October 20, 2010

Whilst the German and French leaders have initiated at Deauville the resetting of their countries’ relationship with Russia, the United States is, according to Robert Kagan, in the process of “resetting the reset”. In a Washington Post article on the subject published on October 1st (“America: once engaged, now ready to lead”), Kagan claims that… » read more

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English, External Relations

, Central Europe, China, E.U., India, Japan, New American Century, Russia, USA

USA: Warfare vs. Welfare State

October 6, 2010

This autumn’s senatorial elections in the United States could affect the Democrats’ control over the institution. The prospect of a Senate controlled by Republicans has determined America’s leading conservative and neo-conservative think-tanks to join forces against the Obama administration. The strategy employed by the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and the Foreign Policy Initiative… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

English, External Relations

, Asia, E.U., Latin America, New American Century, Security, USA

The End of the “New American Century”

April 3, 2009

After much horse-trading between the continental Europeans and the Anglo-Saxons, the G20 Summit in London has ended with an “almost historic compromise” (Angela Merkel). Known for their reluctance to regulate financial markets and to rein in hedge-funds or rating agencies, the American and British teams at the summit were coaxed by the Sarkozy-Merkel team to… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

English, External Relations

, global leadership, New American Century, Trans-Atlantic relations, USA

Spotlight on Geopolitics

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

Archives for New American Century

What do Iraq and Ukraine have in common ?

US: “reset of the reset”

USA: Warfare vs. Welfare State

The End of the “New American Century”

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