ISRAELI bigwigs may not be visiting Britain much in the months ahead following the near arrest on December 13th of Tzipi Livni, the leader of the opposition, for alleged war crimes. A London judge issued an arrest warrant for Ms Livni for her role as foreign minister in Israel’s “Operation Cast Lead”, the assault on the Gaza Strip earlier this year. The order was withdrawn when the judge learned that Ms Livni would not be in Britain as planned…[economist.com]
L’Atlas du Monde diplomatique, édition 2010 revue et augmentée.
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Le système capitaliste est-il susceptible de se corriger ? Pour combien de temps ? Et à quel prix ?
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Par une de ces ironies dont l’histoire a le secret, alors que l’on va célébrer le vingtième anniversaire de la chute du mur de Berlin, prélude à la déroute du « camp socialiste » dirigé par l’Union soviétique et au triomphe des principes de l’économie libérale, on assiste à un glissement majeur dans les relations internationales : la remise en cause de l’hégémonie de l’Occident qui s’était imposée dans la première moitié du XIXe siècle, hégémonie qui n’était pas seulement économique et militaire, mais aussi politique, idéologique et culturelle (…)
Philippe Rekacewicz — janvier 2009
[monde-diplomatique.fr]
Already able to count on active backing in the U.S. Congress, the opposition Iranian movement People’s Mujahedin has its friends in the European Parliament, too. [intelligenceonline.com]
What Nato failed to understand
Afghanistan: the neo-Taliban campaign
The attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on 20 September, killing some 60 people, was compared to 9/11 in Pakistan and could be a turning point in the conflict in this region. President Bush has authorised ground operations against Taliban bases in Pakistan, which has now become the main theatre in the ‘war on terror’. Meanwhile, the neo-Taliban, operating an al-Qaida franchise there and in Afghanistan, have controlled the escalation of guerrilla resistance in a sophisticated military strategy based on the conduct of the Vietnam war. [mondediplo.com]
Pakistan: Hello al-Qaeda, goodbye America
MIRANSHAH, North Waziristan – With a truce between the Pakistani Taliban and Islamabad now in place, the Pakistani government is in effect reverting to its pre-September 11, 2001, position in which it closed its eyes to militant groups allied with al-Qaeda and clearly sided with the Taliban in Afghanistan. [atimes.com]
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
Paolo Scaroni, PDG de l’ENI – coté italien -, et Saif El Islam Kadhafi – coté libyen -, sont les véritables architectes de l’accord historique de réconciliation signé à Benghazi ce week-end entre l’Italie et la Libye. [africaintelligence.fr]
Italy seals Libya colonial deal
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has signed an agreement to pay Libya $5bn as part of a deal to resolve colonial-era disputes.
Rice set for historic Libya visit
Condoleezza Rice will meet Libya’s Gaddafi in the latest step aimed at improving relations between the former enemies.
Le dernier monde diplomatique est vraiment intéressant, depuis peu l’édition anglaise reproduit online les contenus de la print édition française, à lire…
The end of the American age of denial
Tom Engelhardt was born in the US in 1944. He didn’t expect to make it to 2008. He expected even less the way that history has worked out for his nation
Israel deliberately forgets its history
An Israeli historian suggests the diaspora was the consequence, not of the expulsion of the Hebrews from Palestine, but of proselytising across north Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East
Russia gets its act together By Serge Halimi
Do men or women make better leaders? From Economist.com
Relying on a network of lobbyists operating in leading Western capitals, Tbilisi emerged as the clear victor on the media front in its conflict with Moscow. (for intelligenceonline.com registered user only)
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said last week “You look around the world at potential trouble spots, Iran is right at the top of the list”. He maybe forgets about the 45 grave security lapses in 2004 in Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), one of the leading American nuclear weapon laboratories.
The National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) has just issued an invitation to tender to manage the LANL. Hope the new contractor will be more careful and the US Government more informed about his own nuclear development.
At this time the White House – communication – strategy is to fear the world with an easy and potential new enemy such as Iran. But it is difficult to imagine a U.S. military intervention in Iran for the next years.
Iran has many nuclear installations dispatched all over the country and it would be crazy to go there with guns and weapons to bring the famous “USA vision of democracy”.
Also Iran has just formed a new counter-espionage agency – named “Oghab 2″ (Oghab: punishment in Farsi) – designed specifically to protect its nuclear program from outside interference. It’s supervised by Yunesi, Iran’s intelligence and security minister.
A diplomatic approach will be the only way.
If not ? BOOM !
