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Préparez-vous pour les Conversations 2023 ! Get ready for the Conversations !

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  • June 1, 2023

Afin de vous préparer au mieux pour les débats qui auront lieu à Tocqueville les 30 juin et 1er juillet autour de la question “L’Europe demain : Réarmer la démocratie”, nous vous invitions à consulter une série d’articles et de documents écrits par nos speakers. Cette liste s’étoffera au fur et à mesure.

To help you prepare for the debates to be held at Tocqueville on 30 June and 1 July on “Europe tomorrow: Rearming democracy”, we invite you to consult a series of articles and documents written by our speakers. This list will be expanded as we go along. 

General context

Find comprehensive and general reports, as well as maps to track the military news on the ground in Ukraine, here:
Retrouvez des rapports complets et généraux, ainsi que des cartes pour suivre l’actualité militaire sur le terrain en Ukraine (en anglais), ici : https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates

 

On Tocqueville

Nous avons eu le plaisir d’organiser deux conférences sur la pensée d’Alexis de Tocqueville afin de préparer les étudiants qui seront au Château pour l’évènement. Vous retrouverez ci-dessous :

We had the pleasure of organising two lectures on the thought of Alexis de Tocqueville to prepare the students who will be at the Château for the event. You will find below: 

 

  • La première a été animée par Joshua Mitchell, théoricien politique à Georgetown. Retrouvez la vidéo de son intervention ici, et les lectures qui l’accompagnent ici. The first was hosted by Joshua Mitchell, a political theorist at Georgetown. You can find the video of his lecture here, and the accompanying readings here. 
  • Pour la seconde, nous avons eu le plaisir d’avoir Jean Yarbrough, professeure de sciences sociales à Bowdoin. La vidéo de son intervention est ici, et les lectures à télécharger ici. For the second, we had the pleasure of having Jean Yarbrough, professor of social sciences at Bowdoin. The video of her talk is here, and the readings can be downloaded here. 

Les articles de Laure Mandeville

Au cours de l’année, Laure Mandeville a échangé avec plusieurs de nos intervenants. Retrouvez ici ses articles en français (pour les abonnés au Figaro).

Avec Constantin Sigov – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/laure-mandeville-et-constantin-sigov-qu-est-ce-que-l-ukraine-20230217

Avec Borys Gudziak – https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/archeveque-borys-gudziak-la-resistance-ukrainienne-est-un-defi-au-narcissisme-et-au-relativisme-de-notre-temps-20230202

Avec Andrew Michta – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/andrew-michta-le-defi-principal-de-l-europe-est-de-rearmer-20230504

Avec Gabrielius Landsbergis – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/le-ministre-des-affaires-etrangeres-lituanien-au-figaro-la-seule-vraie-garantie-de-securite-c-est-l-article-5-de-l-otan-20230601

Avec Oleksandra Matviichuk – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/aujourd-hui-en-ukraine-nous-decouvrons-ce-qu-etre-humain-veut-dire-20230302

Avec Miles Yu – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/miles-yu-la-chine-veut-etablir-une-domination-globale-mais-le-monde-est-il-d-accord-20230413

Avec Daniil Beilinson – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/guerre-en-ukraine-l-europe-doit-miser-sur-la-societe-civile-russe-20230309

Avec Catherine Belton – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/catherine-belton-derriere-poutine-il-y-a-l-alliance-du-kgb-avec-le-crime-organise-20221124

Avec Joshua Mitchell – https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/joshua-mitchell-trump-est-le-bouc-emissaire-qu-il-faut-chasser-pour-purger-la-republique-de-ses-fautes-20230615

Our speakers’ articles – Articles de nos speakers

Rebeccah Heinrichs,  Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

  • Empowering Ukraine prepares us for China : https://www.hudson.org/defense-strategy/empowering-ukraine-prepares-us-china
  • The Democratic Left goes wobbly on Ukraine : https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4068298-the-democratic-left-goes-wobbly-on-ukraine/
  • Who are the real “Realists” on Ukraine? : https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/who-are-real-realists-ukraine

Ana Palacio, Ancienne Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, Espagne – Table ronde 1 “La fin du mythe de la paix perpétuelle”

Can Spain Show European Leadership?, Project Syndicate, June 5, 2023.

Nicolas Baverez, Intellectuel français, spécialiste de Tocqueville – Table ronde 1 “La fin du mythe de la paix perpétuelle”

  • Endiguer les Empires autoritaires
  • Repenser la sécurité après la guerre d’Ukraine
  • Quel projet pour l’union dans un monde chaotique ? 
  • Un monde en guerres froides 
  • L’impératif de la souveraineté 

Patrick Pouyanné, CEO TotalEnergies – Conversation “L’Europe de l’énergie”

  • Interview parue dans Les Echos
  • Dossier paru dans Le Point

Andrew Michta, Doyen du College of International and Security Studies du George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies – Table-ronde 3 “Etats-Unis – Europe: Les conséquences de la guerre en Ukraine”

  • Articles (in English) for Politico
  • Interview réalisée par Laure Mandeville dans Le Figaro

Borys Gudziak, Archevêque, Président de l’Université Catholique de Lvyiv – Table-ronde 4 “La rencontre de la crise occidentale et de la guerre de Poutine”

  • 2022 Commencement Address in the University of Notre Dame https://news.nd.edu/news/archbishop-borys-gudziak-2022-commencement-address/ https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/russian-orthodox-church-moscow-ukraine/2023/04/26/id/1117642/
  • Ukraine’s Holy Week Like No Other https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2022/04/81749/
  • Archbishop Gudziak to Russian Orthodox Church: Stop Putin’s war (short report from the press conference in Washington, DC https://catholicphilly.com/2022/03/news/national-news/archbishop-gudziak-to-russian-orthodox-church-stop-putins-war/
  • Archbishops testimony at the Helsinki commission hearings about the Russian Orthodox Church and war in Ukraine

Constantin Sigov, Philosophe ukrainien – Table-ronde 6 “Désoviétiser le passé, faire face à la rechute néo-totalitaire ?”

  • “La seule façon de lutter contre la barbarie est d’être encore plus humains”, article.
  • Quand l’Ukraine se lève : La naissance d’une nouvelle Europe, Constantin Sigov et Laure Mandeville, livre paru le 9 novembre 2022 chez Talent Editions.

Daniil Beilinson, Journaliste, OVD-Info – Table-ronde 6 “Désoviétiser le passé, faire face à la rechute néo-totalitaire ?”

  • An executive branch gone berserk Journalist and activist Grigory Okhotin explains what happened to civil liberties in Russia over two decades under Putin, Meduza.io

  • L’Europe doit miser sur la société civile russe, chronique de Laure Mandeville dans Le Figaro
  • « Wartime Repressions Report (May 2023) | ОВД-Инфо », juin 2023. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/wartime-repressions-report-may. 
  • « Wartime Repressions Report (April 2023) | ОВД-Инфо », mai 2023. Disponible sur: https://data.ovdinfo.org/wartime-repressions-report.
  • « Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review on freedom of assembly in Russia | ОВД-Инфо », avr. 2023. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/submission-un-universal-periodic-review-freedom-assembly-russia.
  • « Joint Submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review on freedom of expression in Russia | Submitting organisations: Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) ; OVD-Info ; Access Now ; ARTICLE 19 –
    The report highlights the persecution of media workers and the media themselves; criminalisation of anti-war speeches; the use of military propaganda and hate speech; use of censorship and shutdown of the Internet; and the use of surveillance, on the Internet included (…)] », avr. 2023. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/restrictions-freedom-speech-russia-2019-2023. [Consulté le: 12 avril 2023]
  • « Report on non-implementation of previous UPR cycles’ recommendations | A joint submission by civil society organisations. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/report-non-implementation-previous-upr-cycles-recommendations.
  • « Wartime Repressions Summary (March 2023) | ОВД-Инфо », avr. 2023. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/wartime-repressions-summary.
  • « The Report on Civil Rights and Freedoms of Children –  For the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child », mars 2023. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/report-civil-rights-and-freedoms-children.
  • « Summary of Russian wartime repression. One year since the full-scale invasion | ОВД-Инфо », mars 2023. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/summary-russian-wartime-repression-one-year-full-scale-invasion?_gl=1*vngyhy*_ga*MTIzMjM3MTUxMS4xNjczMDkzMjMw*_ga_J7DH9NKJ0R*MTY4MTcyMzM0NC4yNi4xLjE2ODE3MjM2MDIuNTQuMC4w#1.
  • « Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures on Civil Society and Civic Space in Russia. Input for the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism (17 pages) | ОВД-Инфо », févr. 2023. Disponible sur: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O20hy8otUvv0k-RbyCqSbYX2mgwl0QgM/view?usp=embed_facebook.
  • « Input for the report of Special Rapporteur on the rights of freedom of peaceful assembly and association On advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to exercise of these freedoms (16 pages) | ОВД-Инфо », févr. 2023. Disponible sur: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1otW_eTCSDSPh8aO4botgW05dtpkLYAiB/view?usp=embed_facebook.
  • « Submission by the NGOs OVD-Info and Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre under Rule 9.2 of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments and of the Terms of Friendly Settlements on implementation of the general measures in the Lashmankin and others v. Russian Federation 2023 (21 pages) », févr. 2023. Disponible sur: https://drive.google.com/file/u/2/d/1hfuNvD2VSWz27kyl4bBcN0UFsukOgYI8/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook.
  • « How the Russian state uses cameras against protesters | ОВД-Инфо », janv. 2023. Disponible sur: https://en.ovdinfo.org/how-authorities-use-cameras-and-facial-recognition-against-protesters.
  • « Created and (or) distributed. Discriminatory aspects of the application of legislation on ‘foreign agents’ – Report on the forms of discrimination arising from the rapidly evolving “foreign agents” legislation and on negative effects on society as a whole | ОВД-Инфо », déc. 2022. Disponible sur: https://inoteka.io/ino/created-and-or-distributed-en.
  • « REPORT ON RUSSIA’S LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE IN LIGHT OF ITS OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION COMMITMENTS by Professor Angelika Nußberger (128 pages) », sept. 2022. Disponible sur: https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/7/5/526720.pdf

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