Global Affairs - Le Taurillon

Will Belarus survive the next decade ?

Théo Boucart explores whether Belarus will look east or west in the coming years.

vendredi 17 janvier 2020

UN Climate Change Conference 2019 : Time to act

Stefanie Neufeld investigates what’s happening at the UN Climate Change Conference which has been taking place for the last two weeks in Madrid.

jeudi 12 décembre 2019

Europe stumbles in the Middle East

Destabilization in Syria destabilizes neighboring territories.

vendredi 29 novembre 2019

Failing to launch accession talks for North Macedonia and Albania is a historic mistake. Here’s how we should move forward

Nikola Donev outlines the history of the Western Balkans and explains what the EU’s failure to launch accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania mean for those countries.

lundi 4 novembre 2019

Following five successful Eurovision performances, EU accession talks begin for Australia

Next stop for EU enlargement : Australia.

jeudi 31 octobre 2019

Under the magnifying glass : The EU’s leading role in international climate protection

The changing nature of international affairs In 2016, the European Union seemed to face a bleak horizon. Internally, it was experiencing the first ever ‘divorce’ of a member state. The United States, the EU’s closest post-war ally and economic partner, was about to see the election of Donald (...)

jeudi 3 octobre 2019

Who thought putting a wrecker of European values in charge of EU enlargement was a good idea ?

As the incoming President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her team for the next European Commission, Hungary reliably played its usual troublemaker role. The Hungarian nominee was confirmed as László Trócsányi who previously served as the Justice Minister under Viktor Orbán between 2014 and 2019. As (...)

mardi 17 septembre 2019

The case for a ‘responsibility to protect nature’

This summer’s wildfires in the Amazon rainforests and in Siberia were international news, and rightly so. Though the fires occurred in the territories of Russia, Brazil and a handful of other countries, we all breathe the same oxygen, and we all suffer when the world’s forests absorb less CO2. (...)

lundi 9 septembre 2019

Towards a real European foreign policy

After the fall of the Soviet Empire, the United States established a certain hegemony in the world for almost twenty years. The United States was the only super-power left on the globe and were able to effectively secure their national interest around the world, even if this meant intervening (...)

vendredi 30 août 2019

The EU-Switzerland agreement still under negotiation

Switzerland doesn’t belong to the EU but it’s partially integrated to it thanks to different agreements that allow it to have a special relationship with Europe. Surrounded by EU member states that all have the same currency, Switzerland is dependent on access to the European market. Swiss (...)

mercredi 12 juin 2019

European defence : advances were made, but where are they headed ?

Since 2016, the European Union has changed its paradigm in the field of defence. But how can we give body and life to this Security and Defence Union ? Only a true European defence project may ensure an overall coherence, and this will be the mission of the next Commission. After decades of (...)

vendredi 10 mai 2019

Europe 2050 : the urgency of a ’power strategy’

The world is confronted by polymorphic phenomena such as the demographic transition, the internationalisation of migration, the rise of urbanisation and the global ageing of populations, while the effects of global warming may condemn large territories in the future. This unprecedented context (...)

jeudi 25 avril 2019