Section: Policy
Burma: the fear of a failed state

Burma: the fear of a failed state

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Clément Guntern | Alors que des élections législatives venaient de se tenir, l’armée birmane a surpris le monde entier en reprenant le pouvoir par la force. Après seulement deux mois de protestation, l’Etat birman risque de devenir un Etat failli de plus; avec son lot de conséquences dans une région qui gagne en centralité.
Figure of the Algerian Hirak, Kaddour Chouicha, surrounded by the authorities, testifies

Figure of the Algerian Hirak, Kaddour Chouicha, surrounded by the authorities, testifies

Couple to the city, Kaddour Chouicha and Djamila Loukil, respectively vice-president of the Algerian League for Human Rights (LADDH) and journalist, are being prosecuted in Algeria on suspicion of links with political Islam, which they categorically deny, calling themselves «secular». The democratic uprising that began in 2019 and which they support is increasingly described as infiltrated by Islamists. Kaddour Chouicha answered Regard Libre's questions.
GAFAM: A plea for technological pluralism

GAFAM: A plea for technological pluralism

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Jean-David Ponci | On considère habituellement qu’avec Obama, les Etats-Unis commencent à renoncer à leur rôle de gendarmes du monde. Ce mouvement s’accélère avec Trump, dont le slogan «America First» sonne le repli des USA sur eux-mêmes. Toutefois, c’est curieusement à la fin du mandat de Trump qu’un nouveau pouvoir mondial, toujours en mains américaines, fait montre de sa puissance. Les GAFAM, acronyme pour les grandes entreprises Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon et Microsoft, censurent certains contenus pour des raisons politiques, révélant aux yeux du monde, scandalisé, qu’ils ne sont pas que des fournisseurs de service. Cette situation historique est propice à une réflexion sur les conditions à fournir pour garantir la liberté d’expression sur le Net. Analyse.
Putting an end to anti-Trump hysteria

Putting an end to anti-Trump hysteria

HUMOR BRIEFING, Antoine Bernhard | As early as 2016, the entire press - or almost all of it - made Trump its new scapegoat. It was declared over and over that he had «stolen» the American election, that he was illegitimate and that the United States was entering the darkest period of its history because of him. Four years on, the situation has hardly changed: anti-Trumpism is the only politically correct opinion. Any questioning of the majority discourse is scorned, immediately associated with the far right or conspiracy. It's time to give up this easy way of thinking.
Towards an alliance of democracies

Towards an alliance of democracies

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Clément Guntern | At the start of this new century, a new order is gradually taking hold: authoritarianism around the world is gaining in power, and the states claiming to be authoritarian are asserting themselves with increasing brutality. Russia and China are raising their voices and threatening reprisals against anyone who dares to criticize the state of democratic principles and human rights on their territory. While escalation with Russia remains measured, China is agitating, vituperating and sanctioning. For the time being, it is mainly on their own territories that these states are committing more and more crimes, but for powers with global ambitions, it is to be feared that this is an exportable model of governance. Democratic principles are now under direct threat. As a result, democratic states have a duty to respond firmly to authoritarian forces, while leaving the door open to collaboration.