A Davos, le vertige de la grande transformation
▻http://www.lesechos.fr/journal20150126/lec1_enquete/0204106960278-a-davos-le-vertige-de-la-grande-transformation-1086816.php
La peur partagée du #terrorisme explique l’accueil réservé à #Davos au maréchal #Al_Sissi, le président égyptien. Si les délégués du Forum avaient voté, sans doute lui auraient-ils accordé le même score qu’à la présidentielle de l’an dernier : 96 %.
Davos endorses Egypt for help in ’fight against terror’
▻https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/blogs/politics/16569-davos-endorses-egypt-for-help-in-fight-against-terror
Western realpolitik in dealing with the Middle East has been evident this week in the response to the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah. Despite the country’s harsh laws on adultery and freedom of expression, western leaders have lined up to pay their respects. It is somewhat inconsistent with the current discussion about the importance of freedom of speech, and with the western focus on exporting democracy over the last few decades. The response to Sisi shows a return to business as usual in terms of western relations to Egypt and the wider Middle East: dictatorship and repression are seen as a fair trade off for assistance in the fight against terror.
Parler de « retour » au « business as usual » relève de la #mascarade puisqu’il n’y a jamais au grand jamais eu d’abandon dudit business.