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Obama and Russia: Facing the Heritage of the Bush Years

Date de publication
17 April 2009
Accroche

Barack Obama's recent overtures toward Russia show a desire to break away from the Bush years, which were characterized by a profound deterioration in American-Russian relations. To gauge the chances of success for this openness, we must reexamine the Bush legacy weighing on the resumption of relations, especially on their strategic dimension. Indeed, direct exchanges between the two countries over the course of the past eight years have increasingly turned towards head-on opposition. Indirect exchanges between the two states in Russia's neighborhood also display contradictory influences, with Iran and Georgia bringing to light deep-rooted differences fuelled by cold war-style rhetoric. In other words, even if Barack Obama appears to be imposing his own style by reorienting America's foreign policy, his scope for action is partly limited by the legacy of his predecessor.

Confidence! A Message from the People's Hall in Beijing

Date de publication
14 April 2009
Accroche

Despite the challenges that China is currently facing in the light of the global financial crisis, the major message from the People's Hall in Beijing was a positive one: confidence. The conclusion of the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) after more than ten days of debate echoed the message which the Chinese Premier WEN Jiaobao had already delivered last September in New York, when he said that ‘confidence is more important than gold or money'.

Wei SHEN Albrecht SONNTAG

The Unnoticed Consolidation of EU Energy

Date de publication
09 April 2009
Cécile KEREBEL

La Gouvernance mondiale de l'Energie

Date de publication
25 March 2009
Christian SCHÜLKE

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