– Except book “World crisis – The Path to the World Afterwards” by Franck Biancheri – The crisis, because it wasn’t anticipated by world leaders, is advancing at its own speed. In 2009 the financial efforts, without historical precedent, of the United States, Europe, China, Japan and other countries have ...
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What can be the contribution of Franco-Russian relations to EU-Russia strategic partnership and the holding of a BRIC-EU meeting by 2015?
Executive summary – EU-Russia 2015 seminar (Nice, September 23-24, 2010) During two days, French and Russian academics and experts met in the framework of the EU-Russia 2015 seminar on the topic « What can be the contribution of Franco-Russian relations to EU-Russia strategic partnership and the holding of a BRIC-EU ...
Read More »Integrating double degree curricula into TEMPUS and ERASMUS-MUNDUS programs for the mutual benefit of partner institutions, by Jean-Paul Guichard*
Careful thought on the finality of European programmes intended for the university level is a must. These programmes present a major flaw, essentially being one-way, but one which can be surmounted, as the University of Nice has proven with its considerable experience in teaching double degree courses of study. 1) ...
Read More »Let’s renew our stock of probable futures, by Franck Biancheri
Editorial of MAP-Autumn 2010 With MAP (Magazine d’Anticipation Politique), LEAP/E2020 has decided to launch a free quarterly publication in order to achieve two objectives: . to allow political anticipation to address political and social issues . reach as many citizens as possible interested in understanding the transformations that will characterize ...
Read More »South America – Towards regional integration or the next ’Middle East’ ? by Héctor R. Sánchez
“In the geopolitical sphere today, … , it is not unreasonable to say that, while the great continental powers in Eurasia, Russia, China and India, are in an excellent state of economic growth, technological development and growing political influence, the great maritime powers, like the United States, the European Union ...
Read More »We can’t go on like this: Greek debt crisis and the euro, by Prof. Loukas Tsoukalis*
As the drama unfolds and the plot thickens, new actors join the stage and the tension rises. Purgation, or catharsis, releases emotions at the final stage of Greek tragedies. We may soon find out what form this will take in the real life drama the Greek economy is going through ...
Read More »European Commission: Ten disastrous years since the big 1999-crisis, by Franck Biancheri,
As the debate rages over Manuel Barroso’s renewal at the head of the European Commission, everyone seems to forget that this year is also the 10th anniversary of Santer’s Commission collective resignation on grounds of ill-management and corruption scandals. According to Newropeans, and to all those interested in the progress ...
Read More »LEAP/E2020 research and training programme «Europe. Anticipation. Strategy»
October 2009 – May 2010 (University Paris-La Sorbonne) At the start of the new academic year (2009-2010), Laboratoire Européen d’Anticipation Politique (LEAP) and Paris-Sorbonne’s University’s Doctoral School of “Modern and Contemporary History” launch a research programme entitled “Europe. Anticipation. Strategy”. Rythm: The programme consists of: . a series of 2-3 ...
Read More »South America – United States : Towards a new regional order, by Hector R. Sanchez (Argentina)
Since their birth the United States had two different foreign policies. Whereas they related to Europe as a peer, in America they developed a policy of expansion [1] and intervention [2] in competition with Great Britain. The US stated the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 [3] (« America for the Americans »). In the 19th century, ...
Read More »Towards a sound economy, By Rudo de Ruijter*
Sometimes money is compared with the blood of the economy. The credit crisis painfully demonstrated, that the economy depends on a permanent infusion of credits. As soon as the banks deliver a bit less credit, enterprises fail and the mass dismissals succeed each other. We are made to believe, that ...
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