A look from Paris on the recent transatlantic tensions. By Odile Mojon-Cheminade The spectacular US aggression against Venezuela in early January, preceded by acts of piracy on the high seas, has opened a new chapter, dangerously bringing the world closer to the abyss. The kidnapping and subsequent detention of a sitting foreign president, carried out under pretenses, demonstrates that everything ...
A formulation attempt When you look at the Mercator map head-on, Greenland appears to sit at the edge of the world, in a remote and marginal location. But take a look instead at Richard Edes Harrison’s maps “The Divided World” (published in 1941) and “One World One War” (published in 1942). According to Cornell University Library’s Digital Collections, published in ...
Russia, the Ukraine War and the Trump Factor. By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist In recent years, the Arctic has become an increasingly visible subject in international politics. Climate change, emerging sea routes and the region’s natural resource potential have enhanced its strategic significance. As a result, the policies of Arctic coastal states have become more explicit and more contested. In ...
Background of the conflicts around the Arctic Ocean. By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein Until recently, little was known, and even less was said about the Arctic Ocean. It was associated with a compact and impregnable mass of ice near the North Pole, where peaceful people lived their lives in communion with nature and scientists from all over the world who carried ...