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Elections are held on a regular basis in various African countries, but democracy is far from flourishing.

To create a political shift that draws a line under conflict once and for all, it is not always enough to draft a democratic constitution and call elections. 

Mauritania's political system displays certain democratic qualities that go some way to meeting international standards.

This text was published in Politique étrangère in 1979, the year in which the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) was created.

The last four decades have witnessed the profound transformation of the very foundations of the international system: the globalization of trade, technical revolutions, the upheaval of the hierarchy of powers, the emergence of China, the explosion of the Middle-East, the mutation of conflicts...

The notion of power has long been a topic of study in international relations. In the coming decade, the evolution of power will be characterized by the dynamics of concentration and dispersion.

During the 19th century, Westerners provided ideological justifications for their colonization, namely spreading the Enlightenment across the globe.

As Brexit fast approaches, what can be said about the key issues? Politique étrangère summarizes them with four questions.

The aim of multilateral trade as established after the Second World War was to prevent trade wars.

Despite the development of artificial intelligence (AI) only being in its early stages, it has already had an impact on armed forces.