Rarely has a state lie had such dramatic consequences. In 2003, the Bush administration presented false evidence of Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, before invading the country and getting bogged down in a bloody war.
According to Kant, a lie undermines the foundations of the state, while a deceptive truth is acceptable. Two centuries later, with President Clinton, the same logic still seems to be at work in the Lewinsky affair.
Federalists and anti-federalists clashed violently during the renewal of the American constitution in the second half of the 18th century. Like no other in history, this divide sheds light on the debate between the center and the periphery. It's hard not to see it as a reflection of contemporary issues.
Russian-Ukrainian, former USSR diplomat under Brezhnev and Gorbachev, and author of an impressive literary work, Vladimir Fedorovsky gives Le Regard Libre his views on the conflict in Ukraine and its political and geopolitical consequences.
Bien connu des amateurs de polars, Don Winslow, l’auteur de Savages, livre cette année une nouvelle trilogie – dont La...
Zbiegniew Brzezinski is one of the great American strategists of the Cold War. His magnum opus, The Grand Chessboard. America and the Rest of the World, sheds light on American foreign policy towards Russia and Asia even today.
BREVE INSOLITE | Après le retrait du droit à l’avortement de la Constitution américaine en juin dernier, le procureur général du Texas avait émis la volonté de rétablir une loi de son Etat interdisant la sodomie, si la Cour suprême le permet. Que doit-on comprendre au juste?
In 1962, Phil Knight, a former Mile specialist, dreamed of developing a shoe prototype that would enable him to run faster and better. He discovered two things. The first was that, at the time, the market leaders were all manufactured in Japan. The second was that his former trainer Bill Bowerman - well known in Oregon - shared the same dream. So, when Knight teamed up with Bowerman and managed to convince a major Japanese brand to resell a piece from their collection in the USA, the beginnings of a crazy story were set in motion. At the time, Nike had yet to be born, but the running shoe industry was about to undergo a major upheaval.
The fateful moment is approaching. Never before has the People's Republic of China (PRC) been so ready to undertake its historic mission: to complete the reunification of China and wash away the affronts of a century of humiliation. Beijing has long been preparing for this, as have Taipei and Washington. While all options are on the table, there is no guarantee that this operation will be the prelude to a new confrontation between the great powers. Here are three main scenarios, and the issues that underlie them.
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