Since July 9, 2011, South Sudan is an independent country. The split of Sudan was probably the only possible outcome of a long history of marginalization, oppression and war, but will it be enough to create a stable and durable peace? Separation in itself doesn’t seem to fully address the people's claim for a more equitable and representative governance.
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The post-revolutionary period Egyptian political scene is still extremely volatile, but some trends appear increasingly clear.
The current conflicts in Sudan consist of different conflict-types, here presented in a theoretical framework of conflict complementarities. The framework consist of four parallel and interlinked conflicts types: communal conflicts, local elite conflicts, center-periphery conflicts, and cross-border conflicts. The structure of conflict complementarities is used to describe the continuing crisis in Darfur, and the emerging crisis in South Kordofan.
The involvement of NATO forces in the ousting of Mu’ammar Gheddafi has been controversial since the beginning of the Libyan crisis. The fracture between those in favour of a direct involvement, and those wishing to keep out of the crisis provides for a clear example of the divergences existing within the Alliance.
The decision of the Obama’s administration to maintain a low profile both before and after NATO took officially charge of the multinational intervention seems to confirm the lack of unity of purpose.
In recent years, Italy’s foreign policy has been searching for a new balance between a multilateral commitment to the European Union, NATO and the United Nations and the development of a broad network of bilateral relationships.
This paper examines the limits of this adjustment, taking into account both some historical constants and the recent evolution of the international system affecting current Italian foreign policy – particularly the weakening of the multilateral context and the consequences of the economic crisis.
The European Union (EU) became an ASEAN Dialogue Partner in 1980 and relations have since expanded to cover a wide range of areas, from security to economic and trade cooperation. The EU is one of ASEAN’s major trading partners and a main source of investment flows into Southeast Asian countries.
Le immagini che sono arrivate in diretta dal Cairo la sera del 9 ottobre ci hanno mostrato un Egitto di nuovo in fiamme. Una manifestazione di protesta della comunità copta nei confronti dell’attuale regime militare per l’incendio di una chiesa nel Sud dell’Egitto, ad Assuan, sarebbe stata la causa del malcontento dei cristiani, che sarebbe poi degenerato negli scontri. Scontri che si sono rivelati i più sanguinosi dalla caduta del regime di Mubarak.
Nel 2011 i paesi del Nord Africa e del Medio Oriente sono stati teatro di trasformazioni senza precedenti che hanno influito non solo sugli assetti politici interni ma anche sugli equilibri regionali. La caduta di regimi di lunga data in Tunisia, Egitto e Libia sotto i colpi delle rivolte popolari e in seguito a una vera e propria guerra civile, con il coinvolgimento dell’intervento esterno della Nato, nel caso libico ha aperto una serie di interrogativi sull’evoluzione politica di questi paesi.
Un premio Nobel a Lisistrata. Si può forse prendere spunto dalla commedia di Aristofane per commentare il premio Nobel per la pace a Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, presidente della Liberia e primo capo di stato africano donna, alla connazionale Leymah Gbowee e alla cittadina yemenita Tawakul Karman.
Countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) displayed in recent years sustained growth rates that brought about a gradual process of convergence with the rest of the EU, albeit at a different rate and to different extents. The international financial and economic crisis has uncovered some of the weaknesses of these economies, slowing down or stopping the economic growth of some CEECs, but overall this group of countries has clearly shown to be able now to cope even with severe external shocks.