1. Background “This crisis (COVID-19), undoubtedly more than any other, requires cooperation, requires the invention of new international solutions.” These words of the French President Emmanuel Macron, in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22nd, 2020, illustrates the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for new solutions to solve […]
Raluca Sandu, Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Finance and Accounting at SKEMA Business School, is the guest of SKEMA Publika to discuss the risks involved in governments’ move towards New Public Management. Chapters: The interview is available below: To go further:
Claude Revel, Director of development at the SKEMA Publika think tank, gives us her analysis of the usefulness of economic intelligence for understanding the economy of sport. The interview is available below :
Sean Scull, Project Manager at SKEMA Publika, has just published a book on populism entitled Le Populisme : Symptôme d’une crise de la démocratie - Comment le néolibéralisme a triomphé en France et en Suède [Populism: the symptom of a crisis in democracy - How neoliberalism has triumphed in France and Sweden], through Editions l’Harmattan. […]
Maroun Eddé, Essayist and specialist in political philosophy is SKEMA Publika’s guest to discuss the influence of consulting firms on the State. These videos follow on from his keynote at SKEMA Publika’s conference of March 28th, 2024, entitled “What influence do consulting firms have on public policy?”. What influence do consulting firms have on the […]
Context Following parts 1 and 2 of our consideration of BRICS+ and PIIGS, this third part analyses the influence of the rise of BRICS+1 and PIIGS2 on the world order. In it, we will discuss reform proposals for the United Nations (UN) Security Council, the necessary evolution of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the […]
To shed light on the dynamics that are currently redefining the planet’s geopolitical landscape, this tripartite study undertakes to analyse the operation of the BRICS+ and PIIGS groups of countries, their heterogenous make-up and their importance in international relations, while comparing them to devoted multilateral structures. Following an initial consideration of BRICS+, this second part will be dedicated to PIIGS. After recalling the origins of the group, it will explore the economic and political challenges faced by these countries, focusing in particular on the issues linked to the stability and operation of the EU. We will illustrate our point using some of the measures obtained recently by this group from the Institution (for example, the post-COVID European recovery policy).
To shed light on the dynamics that are currently redefining the planet’s geopolitical landscape, this tripartite study undertakes to analyse the operation of the BRICS+ and PIIGS groups of countries, their heterogenous make-up and their importance in international relations, while comparing them to devoted multilateral structures. In this first part, we will look at the origins of BRICS and their evolution to BRICS+, before discussing their goals for 2024. The new dimension of this partnership, in economic, demographic and military terms, will thus be highlighted, in particular thanks to a discussion of the recent measures aiming to strengthen its global influence.
Sport is proving to be a political tool. Firstly, with its different models of governance at national and international levels. Secondly, as a means of exerting influence, a means of development, of social sustainability and of promoting values. Part two of our report focuses on these political aspects.
History shows that there exists an intricate link between influence, power and language. Today, the number of French speakers worldwide is growing: from 321 million in 2022, the most optimistic forecasts estimate that this figure will reach 600 million by 2050. Nevertheless, the French-speaking world (Francophonie) has recently suffered a series of setbacks on the international stage, such as the sudden end to the teaching of French programmes in Algerian public schools. It is therefore important to ask whether, in the future, in areas as varied as politics, the economy, culture, education and sport, Francophonie will continue to be a vector of influence, especially for France, or whether it now calls for a fresh impetus.
