For the second consecutive year, the coal sector registered good results in 2018. Global coal demand continues to increase (+0.7% in 2018), reversing the trend observed in 2015-16. Coal accounted for 26% of global primary energy consumption, maintaining its position as the second-largest energy source after crude oil, and the first for electricity generation with 38% of global power generation.

Operational command structures have always been able to adapt to the strategic context. However, they now face a new challenge: high intensity threats. 

On June 26, French President Emmanuel Macron will make his first, what is deemed to be a long overdue visit to Japan, a year after his previous travels to Asia led him to China (January 2018), India (March 2018), and Australia (May 2018).

It is a classic exercise to imagine what today’s world would be like if all satellites were shut down. The exact consequences of such a scenario, which is not unlikely given the inherent vulnerability of space systems to natural, accidental and deliberate interferences, are however difficult to appreciate, even for specialists. 

The architecture of democracy is complex, coupling a legal framework to a social foundation that allows it to take root.

The war in Yemen has entered its fifth year, and the situation is more complex than ever.

To create a political shift that draws a line under conflict once and for all, it is not always enough to draft a democratic constitution and call elections. 

Mauritania's political system displays certain democratic qualities that go some way to meeting international standards.