Policy Watch

Policy Watch

U.S. Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine as EU Discusses Troop Deployment

The United States has decided to withhold military aid to Ukraine until President Donald Trump is convinced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is...

Policy Watch

Copernicus Launches ‘Methane Hotspot Explorer’ to Track Global Emissions

The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service has launched a new tool, Methane Hotspot Explorer, designed to monitor and visualize methane plumes worldwide...

Policy Watch

EU Foreign Ministers Agree to Redeploy Mission at Rafah Border Crossing Between Gaza and Egypt

On Monday, European Union foreign ministers reached an agreement to resume the monitoring mission at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt,...

Policy Watch

Le Pen Defends Censorship of Barnier Government, Criticizes Opponents

During a rally in Etrépagny, Normandy, Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally (RN) deputies in the French National Assembly, declared on...

Awareness

Awareness

OPEC cuts demand forecast as rival production surges

OPEC lowers its forecast for global oil demand in the coming years, impacted by slowing economic growth and continued production increases by its rivals. According to the monthly report published...

Public Diplomacy

Public Diplomacy

International cooperation of the Swiss Army: central theme of the annual conference of the external network of military diplomacy

The external military diplomacy network brings together defence attachés, representatives of the armed forces and military advisors. Integrated into the Swiss representations in...

Public Diplomacy

Guimet Museum: cultural diplomacy, an art in itself

The Guimet Museum is the Louvre of Asia. The works exhibited there are as numerous as they are important. Founded by Émile Guimet...

Public Diplomacy

Who is Abbas Araghchi, potential new head of Iranian diplomacy?

The name of the nominee for the post of Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs was made public on Sunday by Parliament Speaker Mohammad...

Public Diplomacy

In the name of God, in the name of profit: the two faces of diplomacy

A contribution by Dr. A. Boumezrag – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with its historical complexities and geopolitical implications, reveals an often paradoxical reality: the...

Politics Monitor

Politics Monitor

Benin-Niger Borders: Foreign Ministers Speak in China

Niger still concerned about security at its borders with Benin. During a meeting with the Beninese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olushegun Bakari and Bakari Yaou Sangare, Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

Media Statements

Emmanuel Macron’s Foreign Policy Priorities: Conference Highlights

French diplomacy will be in the spotlight of the presidential agenda this Monday. Emmanuel Macron will indeed explain to the French ambassadors gathered...

Media Statements

Enhancing China-EU Ties: Promote Dialogue & Growth

China and the European Union (EU) should conduct more institutional dialogues to bring strong new impetus to the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, Chinese...

Media Statements

Sahel’s Last Ally: Niger’s Westward Connection

3rd coup in the Sahel since 2020, after Mali and Burkina Faso, and 4th in West Africa with Guinea, the overthrow of President...

Media Statements

Resurgent Hawks: ECB’s Power Restored

Initially created on the model of the Bundesbank, the ECB had evolved profoundly under Mario Draghi, but German influences have partially taken over....

Media Statements

Cuba Condemns European Parliament’s Resolution

The Cuban Parliament on Wednesday strongly denounced a resolution passed by the European Parliament that criticizes the human rights situation on the island...

Media Statements

Cultural Exchange: Chrysoula Zacharopoulou Joins Canal France International

Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of development, the Francophonie, and international partnerships, opens...

Media Statements

Orban urges EU to maintain ties with Russia

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban promised on Saturday, February 18, 2023, to maintain ties with Moscow and urged other European countries to do...