It was not so long ago that the United States had military bases in the region. But now much depends on whether the advantages would outweigh the inevitable losses that Central Asian countries would sustain as a result of Moscow and Beijing’s displeasure. U.S. President Joe Biden has promised there …

After the Trump trauma, Europe will welcome Biden’s warm words, but tough topics remain, from China and Russia to trade disputes, Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy and transitions to carbon-neutral economies. Four years ago, European leaders were traumatized by President Donald J. Trump, who cheered Brexit and eviscerated NATO, declaring the alliance …

Smugglers are hiring young men from Albanian border villages to take cannabis in backpacks into Greece, trying to avoid beefed-up patrols since the arrival of officers from the EU’s border agency. On April 20, the European Union’s border agency, Frontex, posted a photo on its Facebook page of three black …

The UN court will deliver Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic’s final verdict next week, but dozens of his associates who have been accused or convicted of Bosnian war crimes now live in Serbia with little fear of prosecution. The death of Milorad Pelemis, wartime commander of the Bosnian Serb …

The two countries have decided not to join the new European Public Prosecutor’s Office, whose first cases will include the Czech prime minister’s conflict of interest over EU subsidies.Hungary and Poland, perhaps not surprisingly, announced this week they would not participate in the newly established EU prosecutor’s office, which will …

Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic would do well to learn from the mistake made by Montenegro’s Milo Djukanovic. His quest for absolute power may come back to haunt him.Once again, the Serbian Orthodox Church, SOC, has been the stage of a ruthless political game by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to bring the …

Decades on from the end of the Bosnian war, an amoral managerial approach aimed at pacification remains the baseline in international dealings with the country. On 14 February 1992, Ambassador José Cutileiro chaired a meeting between delegations of six, predominantly non-nationalist, Bosnian opposition parties, all represented in the republic’s parliament …

In the wake of the confirmation of Ratko Mladic’s final judgment, the rulings of the Hague war crimes courts still leave us with much to discover about truth, guilt, the meaning of genocide and the elusive concept of reconciliation. The delivery of the Ratko Mladic appeal verdict went as expected, …

La Sorbonne fait parler d’elle un peu plus chaque année. Championne du woke, sa décadence est de plus en plus décriée. Il est des noms mythiques. Il est des noms que nul ne peut ignorer. Il est des noms vis-à-vis desquels l’Histoire elle-même se montre reconnaissante. Il est des noms …

Les tribunes des militaires publiées par Valeurs Actuelles, et le nombre de leurs signataires, révèlent l’état d’esprit d’une génération de jeunes gradés. Pour eux, qui ont été façonnés par la guerre contre l’islam conquérant au Sahel, l’intervention des armées dans nos banlieues n’est plus un tabou. Florence Parly, le degré …