Exploited in the Southern Sun
After fleeing their homes and surviving a perilous Mediterranean crossing, African migrants in Italy are falling prey to labor gangs.
#asile #migration #travail #Italie #exploitation #travail #agriculture #réfugiés #emploi
You Can’t Kill Hamas, You Can Only Make It Stronger
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/07/14/cant_kill_hamas_make_it_stronger_protective_edge_israel_gaza
You Can’t Kill Hamas, You Can Only Make It Stronger
Experts and insiders say that Israel’s military offensive will only further radicalize the Palestinian population — and alienate frustrated friends in the United States.
#gaza
There Is No al-Sham
►http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/17/there_is_no_al_sham_iraq_isis_syria_levant_maps
Over the past few years, as Syria has dissolved into warring fiefdoms and Iraq has struggled to emerge from its disastrous civil war, American commentators have listed the many failings of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, upon which the Middle East’s state system was based. The 1916 arrangement divided the Ottoman Empire’s dominions in the Arab world into British and French “zones of influence,” laying the foundation for the region’s modern borders. The intense criticism of Sykes-Picot has provoked a backlash of sorts, as some analysts have suggested that piling blame on the agreement has distracted from what has really ailed the Middle East in the post-colonial period.
A propos du clan Aliev : The Corleones of the Caspian
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/10/the_corleones_of_the_caspian_azerbaijan_lobbying_baku_aliyev
J’aime beaucoup le titre et la photo
In Oct. 9, 2012, the American subsidiary of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) purchased a five-story, 23,232-square-foot mansion in the heart of Washington, D.C., for the purposes of “expand[ing] its operations in the United States,” as the Washington Business Journal put it. Oil is the one thing Azerbaijan has plenty of, and it’s the one thing the United States is most interested in, so SOCAR’s “operations” are bound to be extensive.
Long et intéressant article.
Présentation détaillée des relais aux É.-U. et auprès des institutions européennes. Rien, hélas, sur les relais en France, nombreux et actifs.
Nouveau maillot du RC Lens,
Remise de la croix d’officier de la légion d’honneur (octobre 2011)
Monsieur le Président,
Madame, vous êtes née à Bakou. Etant le meilleur ambassadeur d’Azerbaïdjan, vous êtes en même temps la meilleure modèle pour toutes les femmes du monde. Il est connu, que vous avez reçu l’éducation supérieure à Moscou, et vous êtes spécialiste dans le domaine d’ophtalmologie. Vous menez une activité abondante dans les intérêts de Votre pays, et aussi vous travaillez activement au Parlement. Votre décision concernant le passage du poste du président du groupe d’amitié États-Unis— Azerbaïdjan au poste du président du groupe d’amitié France— Azerbaïdjan a été pour nous un grand honneur. C’était un très bon choix stratégique. Avec cela, vous participez personnellement à l’encouragement de la diversité culturelle. Vous êtes un grand ami de la France. Vous faites un travail important. La Fondation dont vous êtes président, a beaucoup fait pour le soin aux enfants. Cette Fondation contribue à la conservation de l’héritage culturel universel. Ainsi, je voudrais remettre à la Première dame d’Azerbaïdjan la plus haute décoration de notre pays, République Française.
Chère madame Mehriban Aliyeva, au nom de la République Française, je vous remets l’Ordre de l’« Officier de la Légion d’Honneur ».
Inauguration de l’aile Art islamique du Louvre (à laquelle la Fondation Heydar Aliyev, présidée par Mehriban Aliyeva, a contribué) (septembre 2012)
Sans parler de notre mission parlementaire pour les élections d’octobre 2013 (diplomatie du caviar au sens propre…)
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Note : sur Gg:StreetMap, le charmant pavillon était encore à vendre.
▻https://maps.google.fr/maps?q=1319+18th+Street+Northwest,+Washington,+District+de+Columbia,+%C3
Tu as raison, il y a un beau matériel pour un article qui deviendrait assez drôle au fur et à mesure que l’on s’enfoncerait dans le ridicule.
La vidéo de la décoration à Bakou de Mehriban par Nicolas était un improbable machin, l’impression confuse que cette cérémonie était improvisée et honteuse.
Je l’ai en dur là, mais je ne la retrouve plus sur le net, c’était AzTv, on voyait Sarkozy accompagné d’un gendarme, Aliyev sa femme et un tapis, et le gouvernement un peu plus loin. La loose se lisait sur le visage de Niko.
Mais le top serait d’inclure une enquête sur toutes les officines qui « œuvrent au rapprochement de la France et de l’Azerbaïdjan ».
Comme les relations entre Dati, Goulet & co. cela sent surtout l’eau de cologne cheap et l’after shave de Franprix. Emballé dans du Chanel quand même.
#politique #complaisance
Introuvable en français…
Dans la foulée du Louvre, à Reims en octobre 2012
▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Sgp9qc-EY
Et les thuriféraires locaux,…
Reims adopte les Azerbaïdjanais - L’union l’ardennais
▻http://www.lunion.presse.fr/article/marne/reims-adopte-les-azerbaidjanais
La greffe a pris entre Reims et l’Azerbaïdjan.
Et s’ils sont mal vus, c’est parce qu’il y a des méchants…
À tort ou à raison, l’Azerbaïdjan est facilement décrié par les membres d’une diaspora arménienne particulièrement bien établie en France.
Il y a des compétences internet qui me font encore défaut, bien joué.
Dans la brochette de mecs en gris, de gauche à droite le très grand est l’ambassadeur (sympa), on reconnaît Mammadov (pas sympa) en renard argenté très chevelu, le chauve un peu balladurien est le ministre des affaires étrangères avec à sa gauche notre plus beau traître tragique Éric Besson. Le moment « regard de biche walt disney » de Mehriban est épique.
Merci pour le lien.
High Tea With a Spot of Racism
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/05/12/high_tea_with_spot_of_racism_ukip_britain
High Tea With a Spot of Racism
Britain’s almost comically right-wing Tea Party clone is on the rise — but if it ends up kingmaker in Westminster, that’s no laughing matter.
The Looming #Robotics Gap
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/05/05/the_looming_robotics_gap_us_military_technology_dominance
#Google did not purchase the maker of the WildCat to penetrate the military world, but rather to expand into what it thinks will be the even more lucrative commercial robotics market. Even in areas such as agriculture, the demand for robotics is growing, with a report by WinterGreen Research suggesting that the market will reach $16.3 billion by 2020.
The issue is that there is no clear line between commercial and military developments in robotics. Just as with electronics and communications, many technological advances in robotics will be usable in both worlds. For example, the commercial sector is leading the way in developing automated driving technology, and the software that governs a self-driving car might well facilitate the design of a remotely driven tank. As off-the-shelf robotics become increasingly advanced, it will become easier for foreign militaries to close the gap in capabilities with the United States.
#silicon_army #robotisation via @reka
MH370 and the Secrets of the Deep, Dark Southern Indian Ocean
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/26/mh370_and_the_secrets_of_the_deep_dark_indian_ocean
n 1900, Jules Verne published The Castaway of the Flag, an adventure novel in the shipwreck fantasy subgenre. To put his Swiss Family Robinson in an excessively remote spot beyond hope of rescue, he plonked them on New Switzerland, an imaginary island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Then, as now, the region’s main features were its remoteness and isolation — capable of hiding an entire island, or simply vanishing a Boeing 777 in its untrafficked vastness.
On March 24, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that the missing Malaysia Airlines fight, which took off March 8 from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing and hasn’t been heard from since, “ended in the Southern Indian Ocean.” The loss of MH370 has for the first time turned the entire world’s attention to this region: Big enough to contain Russia twice, the southern Indian Ocean has been condemned to obscurity by its emptiness and inhospitality. The ongoing search for the wreckage — none of the 239 people on board is believed to have survived — is frustrated by the extreme remoteness and the harsh climate of the presumed crash zone, in the words of Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott, “as close to nowhere as it’s possible to be.”
Adding Fuel to the Fire
Flooding the market with American shale gas is the best way out of the Ukrainian crisis.
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/06/adding_fuel_to_the_fire
Voilà une bonne idée !
With every passing hour, Ukraine seems to move closer to the brink of disaster. The causes are multifaceted, but a key driver of the crisis has been Ukrainian — and European — dependence on Russian natural gas. In the short term, U.S. officials are understandably scrambling to keep events from spiraling out of control in Crimea, where Russian troops have taken control of much of the peninsula. In the long term, however, the United States may be able to tip the balance against President Vladimir Putin, using the American shale-gas boom to weaken Russia’s geopolitical leverage in Ukraine.
U.S. considers how to use natural gas resources in Ukraine crisis: top official
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-ukraine-crisis-usa-lng-idUSBREA251X220140306
It is not clear what exactly the U.S. government could do in the short-term to help, since new projects to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the country’s vast new shale fields are still years away.
Natural Gas as a Diplomatic Tool
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/opinion/natural-gas-as-a-diplomatic-tool.html
In response to the crisis in Ukraine, some American lawmakers and energy companies are urging the United States to export natural gas to Europe in an effort to undercut Russia’s influence over the Continent. The Obama administration should move to increase exports, which would help allies like Germany, Turkey and Britain, but the effects of such exports would likely be modest and wouldn’t be realized for several years.
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The department could speed up its review of export applications, and Congress could help by easing restrictions on exports to American allies. But even if the government approved more exports, setting up more facilities to liquefy and ship gas would take years and cost billions of dollars. Moreover, unlike Mr. Putin, American officials will not be able to dictate to energy companies where they sell their gas and at what price. (Energy companies would prefer to sell gas to countries like Japan, China and India because natural gas is more expensive in Asia than in Europe.)
Dear Kremlin: Careful with Crimea
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/02/26/dear_kremlin_careful_with_crimea
Russia seems to have made a bad bet in Ukraine. Its foreign policy, tactically agile as ever, was strategically unsound. It was certainly possible, as Russia proved in November, to bribe Ukraine’s then-President Viktor Yanukovych not to sign an association agreement with the European Union. It was also possible to promise a $15 billion loan in return for a policy of repression in Ukraine. After accepting the money in principle, Yanukovych illegally forced a package of legislation through parliament that was closely modeled on similar laws in Moscow restricting freedom of speech and assembly. Right after the Kremlin freed up a $2 billion tranche of the promised loan, the Yanukovych regime gave orders for the mass shooting of protesters.
The Human Rights That Dictators Love
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/02/26/the_human_rights_that_dictators_love
Watch out. Kobe Bryant may be violating your human rights.
Farida Shaheed, the U.N. special rapporteur on cultural rights, recently announced that she’s launching a new study aimed at addressing “whether advertising and marketing practices affect cultural diversity and the right of people to choose their way of life.” The announcement bears a photo of a larger-than-life U.S. basketball advertisement (featuring star player Kobe Bryant) looming over a Chinese playground.