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Passage au crible

A short Critical Analysis of International Current Affairs


The intention of the critical analysis reports Passage au crible on international current affairs is to encapsulate and clarify the mechanisms of world affairs. Using a transnational approach, the reports are delivered in a concise and educational format each week proposing: 1) A brief and factual reconstruction of a significant event; 2) Historical context; 3) A theoretical framework which gives the non-specialist, with an interest in international relations, access to an approach which goes further than the simple empirical descriptive approach. 4) A specialist’s analysis; 5) A short bibliography providing key references – official documents, books, articles – by recognised specialists on the matter.

PAC 121 – The Emergence of a Transnational Citizenship The Umbrella Revolution, September-December 2014

PAC 121 – The Emergence of a Transnational Citizenship The Umbrella Revolution, September-December 2014

By Justin Chiu
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°121
On August 31, 2014, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted a restrictive plan designed to impede the election of an executive leader of Hong Kong in 2017. At the end of September, this decision sparked a significant mobilization of civil…

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PAC 120 – The Objective Alliance of Interventionist Liberalism and Realism Operations Sangaris, Serval, Barkhane in the Central African Republic

PAC 120 – The Objective Alliance of Interventionist Liberalism and Realism Operations Sangaris, Serval, Barkhane in the Central African Republic

By Jean-Jacques Roche
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°120
One year ago, on December 5, 2013, France launched operation Sangaris1 in the Central African Republic, its 7th since the African nation’s independence in 1960. The French army arrived in Bangui with the mission to remove the militiamen of the Seleka…

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