Tales of the world episode 65 – 25 ans après
Le titre choisi pour cette chronique, « 25 ans après », vous rappelle-t-il un autre ? Pour un féru des aventures des mousquetaires d’Alexandre Dumas, la réponse est évidente, mais, au cas où vous ne...
View ArticleTales of the world episode 66 – For every cloud with a silver lining there is...
This week, December 5th, Tales of the World celebrates three years of existence. Three years of mostly incompetent international relations, dismal economics, some of the bloodiest and animalistic...
View ArticleUNIL – Podcast workshop no 1 – Les pirates et les relations internationales
Par quels liens la question de la piraterie est-elle attachée aux relations internationales? Des éléments de réponse, créative, amenés par des étudiants en troisième année de sciences politiques de...
View ArticleWelcome to Tales of the World, the international affairs chronicles with a twist
Welcome to Tales of the World, the international affairs chronicle with a twist. It is a sound blog dreamed up by an international affairs analyst who, after many years of searches and deliberations,...
View ArticleTales of the world – new year, new skin
Dear friends and members to be of our select audience, Tales of the World is getting a new skin and a new face for the future. As a three year old in internet years, which feel like 25 in human ones,...
View ArticleJe suis Charlie, Je ne suis pas Charlie, and beyond
I lived the entire upheaval provoked by the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris in an echo, heard faintly from an Asian subcontinent engrossed in its own affairs, which are not unrelated to European...
View ArticleThe singing bowls of Kathmandu
On a sunny day in January 2015, while taking a break from very serious interviews in Kathmandu, we went for a visit at the Swayambhunath temple (the monkey temple). Amidst many playful and warring...
View ArticleLe Népal aux cent ethnies cherche sa voie vers un Etat plus juste
Opinion lundi 02 février 2015 Le Népal aux cent ethnies cherche sa voie vers un Etat plus juste Ruxandra Stoicescu Google Images nous renvoie à la beauté des montagnes et des rizières. Mais ce pays a...
View ArticleDostoyevsky and Putin, our contemporaries
Sense and meaning are the two pillars on which Western civilisation and discourse are built. No matter the depths of despair or heights of euphoria onto which history may push us, the first reflex we...
View ArticleNepal – a story of resilience and hope
Much like the aftershocks of the earthquake, articles and impressions, interviews and accusations from and on Nepal, roll out continuously, hot off the presses and on social media feeds, giving us...
View ArticleTurkish parliamentary elections of 2015 or why it turns out democracy is not...
The Turks have always held the EU to impossibly high standards of democracy, often and rightly decrying the moments (and there are many) when it its members have behaved in less than democratic fashion...
View ArticleTales of the world 68 – Actionable insight
On actionable insight and the topics that the chronicle will be looking into in the near future. Thank you for listening after so long an absence on my part! Best, Ruxandra
View ArticleTales of the world episode 69 – La crise grecque un dialogue de sourds à...
En littérature, on sait qu’on se trouve devant un classique quand chacun qui le lit, et même ceux qui ne l’ont pas lu, trouve quelque chose de fort à en dire, que ce soit positif ou bien critique....
View ArticleTales of the world episode 70 – Of (UN) interns and men
It is fitting to start the new season of Tales of the world podcasts with a news story arc that happened in Geneva this August. It was broken to the public by the very local newspaper Tribune de...
View ArticleNepal 2015 Constitution – Interview with Lekh Nath Paudel
On September 20, 2015 Nepal has adopted a new Constitution. Lekh Nath Paudel, international relations expert tells us the story of its adoption and what is in store for its future in an interview...
View ArticleTales of the world episode 71 – I saw a documentary
In this episode Tales of the world takes an experimental route to make a point. Enjoy a multi-track and polyvocal creation taking a stab at the fact that we are so well informed on just about...
View ArticleElections en Turquie – la démocratie sur le fil
Une mini-série d’articles au sujet des prochaines élections turques le 1er novembre 2015. Bonne lecture! Ruxandra
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