On Our "Virtual Route 66" This Week: Random Thoughts On Our World
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January: the longer view
As Tanguy Lepesant wrote in 2021, Taiwanese 'fears [about retaining autonomy] are grounded in reality: China is exerting increasing military pressure on its neighbours, particularly Taiwan.' To the US, meanwhile, 'Taiwan has always been a pawn whose relative strategic value is a factor in regional realpolitik calculations. That value has been rising in recent years.' Tensions between the two rivals were high in the lead-up to Taiwan's election this weekend, won by Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive party, who once described himself as a 'pragmatic worker for Taiwan independence'. On the ground, these debates are often overshadowed by other discussions about the country's identity, as Alice Hérait writes in this mon th's paper.
Last week, South Africa made a case against Israel to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, alleging 'genocidal acts'. Gilbert Achcar detailed the Israeli far right's plans for expansion and expulsion last month. Elsewhere, the US presidential primaries begin today; a history of Russian imperialist ambitions; and the ethics of mining the seabed for rare earth metals. Our entire archive, going back to 1996, is free to read for subscribers. Here is a series of pieces related to our January issue.
Last week, South Africa made a case against Israel to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, alleging 'genocidal acts'. Gilbert Achcar detailed the Israeli far right's plans for expansion and expulsion last month. Elsewhere, the US presidential primaries begin today; a history of Russian imperialist ambitions; and the ethics of mining the seabed for rare earth metals. Our entire archive, going back to 1996, is free to read for subscribers. Here is a series of pieces related to our January issue.
Ukraine and Gaza: double standards
Benoît Bréville
In terms of international law, there's no ambiguity: Russia's occupation of its Ukrainian neighbour is illegal, just as Israel's occupation of its Palestinian neighbour is (...)
Gaza besieged
Olivier Pironet • September 2019
Reasons for war: lies, lies and more lies
Dominique Vidal • February 2009
Gaza war changes Middle East equation at Israel's expense
Alain Gresh • February 2009
Israel's strategic error
Charles Enderlin
Binyamin Netanyahu said in 2019 that strengthening Hamas would help stop the creation of a Palestinian state, thus ruling out any political solution. Since the Hamas attacks (...)
The deadly spiral to war
Akram Belkaïd • November 2023
Israeli far right's plans for expulsion and expansion
Gilbert Achcar • December 2023
Israel-Palestine: time for conflict management
Tom Segev • February 2009
South Carolina: battle lines drawn for US election
Julien Brygo
With the primaries imminent, party activists, Baptist preachers and Moms for Liberty have moved their electioneering up a gear. This state is a stronghold for the right but (...)
Georgia not on Democrats' minds
B. B. • October 2012
The American left finds itself in a double bind
Serge Halimi • September 2023
Trumpism will outlive Trump
Jerome Karabel • December 2020
What does Russia want in Ukraine?
Sergei Fediunin & Hélène Richard
Despite unprecedented Western military aid, Ukraine's counteroffensive has failed. Kyiv fears Russian neo-imperialism; history reveals other (...)
Ukraine war: a new security order in Europe
Igor Delanoë • September 2022
No need for this cold war
Jean-Pierre Chevènement • July 2015
Ukraine: a new cold war
Jean-Marie Chauvier • January 2005
The geopolitics of the seabed
Didier Ortolland
There are huge, and highly valuable, deposits of rare earth metals on the seabed, vital to a successful energy transition. But who has the right to exploit (...)
How states divide up the world's oceans
D. O. • January 2023
Sharing the seas
Didier Cormorand • July 2016
Lebanon's untapped wealth
Bachir El-Khoury • November 2015
Taiwan's divided loyalties
Alice Hérait
History may be destiny, but the Taiwanese cannot agree on either. Attitudes here to their former dictator Chiang Kai-shek encapsulate deep disagreement over their future (...)
End of the 'Chinese dream' in Taiwan
Tanguy Lepesant • October 2021
Kinmen Islands: a grenade in the jaws of a tiger?
Alexandre Gandil • March 2023
Taiwan is open for business
Martine Bulard • February 2012
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