Apr 15, 2013 | environment, Passage au crible (English), Security
By Clément Paule
Translation: Anton Stzepourginski
Passage au crible n°88
At the beginning of April 2013, there were several radioactive leaks near Fukushima where a nuclear catastrophe had happened two years earlier. According to TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company)…
Feb 12, 2013 | Constructivism, Passage au crible (English), Security
By Thomas Lindemann Translation: Anton Stzepourginski
On the 12th of February 2013, the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) conducted its third nuclear test after 2006 and 2009. This was immediately followed by an emergency…
Feb 4, 2013 | Africa, Defense, Passage au crible (English), Security
By Philippe Hugon
Translation: Anton Stzepourginski
Passage au crible n°84
On the 28th of January 2013, an international donor conference opened at the AU (African Union) headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in order to finance the deployment of an African stabilization force…
Oct 20, 2012 | Africa, Defense, Passage au crible (English), Security
By Jean-Jacques Roche Translation: Pierre Chabal
On 15 October 2012, the Security Council of the United Nations adopted Resolution 2071 presented at the request of the Malian authorities and with the support of France. Pressing countries in West Africa…
Oct 5, 2012 | Defense, North-South, Passage au crible (English), Security
By Josepha Laroche Translation: Pierre Chabal
From 26 to 31 August 2012, Tehran hosted the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which comprises today 120 member-countries. At the end of the rally, attended by 35 Heads of State and Government…
May 4, 2012 | environment, Global Public Goods, Passage au crible (English), Security
By Clément Paule Translation: Pierre Chabal
For over a month, the oil giant Total has been trying to stem the gas leak that broke out on March 25th 2012 in the G4 well of the Elgin platform in the North Sea. To this end, the firm is using simultaneously a “dynamic kill”…