Tag: International book
“Two literary agents in the American century”, by Laurence Cossu-Beaumont
How were Colette, Sartre and Malraux exported to the United States? How did the great American texts arrive in France between the wars? Two literary agents in the American century…
“Planet China Zero Covid, three years in orbit”, by Gaëlle Déchelette and Carole Gabay
The terms “Zero Covid” in China have disappeared from the country’s official press since the relaxation of sanitary measures last winter. During the pandemic, the expatriate association Solidarité Covid carried…
Phantom Death, Targeted Assassination as a Weapon of War, by Guerric Poncet
From time immemorial, from the poison vial to the cruise missile, from the isolated spy to the raid by a commando, targeted assassination has been practiced by everyone and everywhere…
“These autocrats who unite to destroy democracies”
Are democracies in danger? In “Le pacte des autocrates” published by Robert Laffont, Isabelle Mandraud and Julien Théron analyze the decline of democracies around the world and the repeated efforts…
“The Haitian Revolution or the Universalism of Human Rights”
No agreement to end the crisis in Haiti has emerged from the negotiations that took place in Jamaica between Sunday and last Tuesday. About fifty political actors and Haitian civil…
Geopolitics of Russia by Lukas Aubin
Diving into the heart of Russian politics. Lukas Aubin, research director at the Institute for International and Strategic Relations (Iris), is the author of Geopolitics of Russia. It traces the…
“In Karachi, mafia and political class, relay of bosses’ domination”
In 2012, the deadliest industrial fire in world history took place in Karachi. 255 workers from the Ali Enterprise factories perished in this dramatic disaster. This Pakistani jeans manufacturer worked…
“Iraq beyond all wars”, by Myriam Benraad
It will be twenty years tomorrow: on April 9, 2003, the imposing statue of Saddam Hussein in the center of Baghdad was pulled down, a symbol of the fall of…
“Acting between the lines”, by Colonel Peer de Jong
They are called Blackwater, Mozart, or even Wagner. Private military companies, for reasons of need, visibility and cost, are in full expansion. In Act between the lines (Mareuil editions), Colonel…
“Asphyxia: Raqqa, chronicle of an apocalypse”, by Céline Martelet and Hussam Hammoud
/ Podcasts / international book For almost four years, the city of Raqqa was the capital of the self-proclaimed “caliphate” of the Islamic State organization. Its inhabitants, trapped, experienced atrocities…