War and societies in Afpak

- Guerre et sociétés en Afpak, by Laurent Gayer
- Vers une défaite occidentale en Afghanistan ?, by Gilles Dorronsoro
- Quelle politique antidrogue pour l’Afghanistan ?, by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
- Unholy Nexus: Talibanism and Sectarianism in Pakistan’s “Tribal Areas”, by Mariam Abou Zahab
- "Campagnards" contre nouvelle Sodome : éléments de sociologie des milicien(n)es de la Lal Masjid, by Amélie Blom
- En vers et contre tout : poésie et politique chez les Mohajirs de Karachi, by Laurent Gayer
- L’islam des jeunes dans la vieille ville de Lahore. Notes de terrain, by Paul Rollier

Barack Obama’s 100 days as President

It is too early to assess the success of Obama’s administration. Yet, no major clash or surprises have occurred during the first 100 days of Obama’s presidency. The President’s hyper activity and his presence on all national and international fronts are accepted by the population. They are tempered by his apparent moderate words, and calm and cold-blooded ways of negotiating. Two thirds of Americans share a positive image of the US President and 72% of them remain optimistic about the future despite the crisis... Read more

- Quelle réforme de l’assurance-maladie aux Etats-Unis ? by François Vergniolle de Chantal
- La question religieuse sous la présidence Obama, by Amandine Barb
- Organizing for America augure-t-il d’un renouveau de la politique américaine ? by Audrey Célestine
- L’Amérique de Barack Obama à l’aune de la multipolarité, by Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer

L'Ukraine, entre Russie et UE

The Russian-Georgian crisis in August 2008 has shown how much Ukraine is exposed when a crisis involving different european countries (including Russia) occurs. Even if the political climate was deteriorating before the summer, this conflict ended up in Ukraine with a new crisis, the third one in six years time. The two leaders of the country (V. Iouchtchenko and I. Timochenko) have not been able since the Orange revolution that they initiated in 2004 to follow a pro-reform path that could have move Ukraine closer to the EU. However, one cannot expect from a young state, split into different regions that do not share the same beliefs, the same language, the same foreign policy orientations to implement in a short period of time the reforms that central european countries have successfully endorsed...

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