"We would be worse (...) without the good #books we have read, more conformist, not as restless, more submissive, and the critical spirit, the engine of progress, would not even exist. Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life" - Mario #VargasLlosa

#series #films «Même pas morte !». La série allemande #Kleo rappelle les complexités de la réunification. Jella Haase, inquiétante et émouvante avec son étrange sourire boudeur, excelle. A voir en relisant «Le pays disparu» (2018) de N. Offenstadt et "Zonenkinder" de Jana Hensel

The time has come for a strategy of European #influence and counter-influence...

@lciofficiel.bsky.social Paola Puerari

#US anthem booed in #Canada, F. Merz
saying #EU must “be independent of #America”, @data.ft.com
headlining “the enemy of the West” under #Trump's photo, and @kajakallas.bsky.social declaring: “the free world needs a new leader”. First steps of Trumpian diplomacy sounds suicidal for the USA.

#US #UN #Geopolitics #Germany Two maps appeared on February 25 that will shake the world for a long time to come

En librairie aujourd'hui !

Published in 2024, this good paper by @EmiratesPolicy center pointed out the weaknesses of #Syria: excessive decentralization due to #SyrianCivilWar, dependence on foreign forces, deterioration of the production system, economic & social burden of displaced populations

And best guide (although depressing...) to our world in crisis @foreignaffairs.com

Un style nouveau pour DonaldTrump ??? Un post sensé et développé, pas de lettres majuscules tous les trois mots... (bon, trois fois de suite "Russia, Russia, Russia" quand-même. ..😅)

#UkraineWar #Trump #France
Si Donald #Trump ne change pas d'avis la semaine prochaine, ce sera en effet une contribution française importante

Très heureux d'avoir contribué à ce travail aux
Editions @LLL sous la direction de B. Badie et
D. Vidal sur le #Sud , en bonne compagnie (N. Bagayoko, P. Grosser, etc.)

Three #books to try to understand #XiJinping, including @mrkrudd.bsky.social 's