On 28 January 2013, Timbuktu fell without resistance into the hands of the French army, accompanied by Malian troops. The purpose of war, as presented by François Hollande, is the restoration of the territorial integrity of Mali. The task will be long-term goals and should be more focused | By Jean-Sylvestre MONGRENIER, Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institute | Available in French
La liquéfaction accélérée de l’Etat malien, début 2012, et la perte totale de contrôle du Nord-Mali ne sont pas des épiphénomènes de l’histoire africaine post-coloniale. La rhétorique des gouvernements de la CEDEAO (Communauté des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest), l’exercice de multilatéralisme appliqué conduit depuis Paris et (...)
In an article published in the Journal du Dimanche (France) entitled « No, the war is not France », Dominique de Villepin, former French Prime Minister, asks: "How the neoconservative virus could he win and all minds ? "| Interview with Jean-Sylvestre MONGRENIER, Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institute | Atlantico, January 17, 2013 | Available in French
François Hollande a justifié l’intervention de la France au Mali au nom de la lutte contre le terrorisme. L’intervention est approuvée par 75% des Français. En 2011, Nicolas Sarkozy avait été le premier à vouloir s’engager en Libye. Le contraste avec le discours de Dominique de Villepin contre la guerre en Irak à l’ONU le 14 février 2004 semble (...)
Interview of Antonin TISSERON, Reaserch Fellow at the Thomas More Institute, spécialist of defense et scurity issues in the Maghreb/Sahel zone | Le Soir (Marocco), January 14th, 2013 | Avaible in French
Les affrontements se multiplient ces derniers jours entre l’armée malienne et les groupes islamistes, qui cherchent à avancer vers le sud. Quelles sont les réelles ambitions de ces groupes, qui contrôlent déjà une grande partie du pays ?
Le déploiement de forces par les groupes islamistes sur la zone de front pouvait donner l’impression d’une volonté de peser sur les négociations menées avec les interlocuteurs maliens et internationaux en se plaçant en position de force. Cependant, avec les combats de ces (...)
In the beginning of January, general Sverker Göranson, chief of staff of the Swedish army, stated that his country would not be able to stand up to a limited military offensive because of the long decline of military budgets after the end of the Cold War. In fact, the whole of Europe is involved into a disarmament process and is falling into the psychology of the “Last Man”. This attitude is not up to the life-world and its challenges | By Jean-Sylvestre MONGRENIER, Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institute | Available in French
Au début de ce mois, le général Sverker Göranson, chef d’état-major de l’armée suédoise déclarait que son pays serait bien en mal de résister plus d’une semaine à une offensive (...)

Moscow and Washington are engaged in a diplomatic and legislative battle since the Magnitsky affair, the name of an American lawyer who died in 2009 during his detention in Russia | Interview with Jean-Sylvestre MONGRENIER, Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institute | Atlantico.fr, December 31, 2012
Vladimir Putin recently said, following the “Magnitsky affair” complications, that the relationship between Moscow and Washington are poisoned. Beyond this question that could seem minor, what can justify today renewed tensions between the two countries?
The “Magnitski affair” adds up to the “Yukos affair” and the imprisonment of Khodorkovsky - without even coming back on Putin’s personal power and his way (...)
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