At the turn of the XXIe century, after the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the United States could think of itself as the undisputed leaders of the democratic world, capable of resisting the irruption of new international players, such as China, and of overcoming the worst crises , such as the September 11 attacks. Twenty years later, Vladimir Putin, for whom the United States is a power in decline whose successive political and strategic choices have reduced its influence and capacity for action, wants to reestablish a logic of confrontation between blocs. Invading Ukraine is for him the demonstration that the balance has changed and that Russia is once again a major player. One ” new world order “ is it setting up? How to understand global strategic, economic and political issues? Sticking to the facts, giving the elements of contextualization and analysis, deciphering the underside of the cards and press releases, this is what The world with evening classes in geopolitics, as part of its new offer of workshops and courses, led by leading specialists in their respective fields. After writing, comics or the French language, the first geopolitical session opens on April 7.
It is by looking back on twenty years of history(s) of the United States in the XXIe century, from September 11 to the Ukrainian crisis, that Alain Frachon, columnist at the Worlda specialist in international relations and former editorial director, inaugurates this cycle. “Can we speak serenely of America? Can you describe a society that spends its time caricaturing itself, that invents a fashion only to abandon it as soon as possible, that exaggerates through a natural penchant for superlatives, that likes to destroy what it has just built? », he wondered in 2000, in an article devoted to the springs of the economic dynamism of the United States. Two decades later, he analyzes the springs of the ongoing conflict in a column published the day before the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops: “Putin washes away the perfectly gratuitous affront that Barack Obama inflicted on him by saying that Russia was no longer part of the ‘big guys’ club’. For Putin, the status of the country comes before, well before, the fate of its inhabitants, and, supported by China, he has put Russia back at the heart of the strategic concerns of the United States. »
From April 7 to May 25, take part in six two-hour sessions in the auditorium of the World, which will conclude with moments of discussion with Alain Frachon. The courses will also be accessible by videoconference and replay.
To reserve your spot: https://ateliers.lemonde.fr/Alain-Frachon/47
Programme
- At the turn of the century, the United States in the intoxication of hyperpower
- Attacks of September 11, 2001: the American response, a series of major strategic errors
- Obama’s passion (unreasonable) and the why of Trumpism (even more unreasonable)
- The United States and China: From Friendship to Confrontation
- Threats to American Democracy: A Disrupted Institutional Mechanism
- Assets that are always decisive over others “big” : China, Russia, the European Union…
Dates and times
Thursday, April 7, 2022 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, April 14, 2022 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, April 21, 2022 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 12, 2022 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 19, 2022 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 — 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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