Victor Angelo

The world smells dangerously like gunpowder  Victor Angelo The Munich Security Conference, an annual event now celebrating its 60th edition,...

A very unusual year: where are we heading to? Victor Angelo   The Russian Armed Forces are currently firing thousands of shells a day ...

More solar panels and fewer nuclear warheads Victor Angelo   It is true that the Chinese president did not come to the COP26 summit. B...

Youth will challenge COP26 Victor Angelo   I admire Greta Thunberg's determination. She has already done more to fight climate cha...

In the Sahel, a lot of military and little politics Victor Angelo   The call came from Bamako. On the other end of the line was a form...

They do not fit into our future Victor Angelo   I recognise the concerns that many thinkers express about what the world will be like ...

The cooperation between nations has been seriously impacted by the current crisis. Each country decided the best way to battle the pandem...

Economic growth cannot be achieved at any cost. In today’s world, the impact of production on environment must be part of the calculati...

Greta Thunberg came out of this year’s Davos meeting as a giant, a fundamental voice in today’s world. Throughout the conference she beha...

From today’s reports about Davos (WEF 2020), I take home two important observations. One, that we should always keep in mind the two bill...

COP25 has ended. Madrid can return to a more normal life. And the delegates can go home. For many of them, this climate summit would have...

We are about to close the second decade of the XXI Century. As we look back, the last 10 years have been a time of major transformation a...

I am most impressed by Greta Thunberg’s brief speech at the Climate Summit today. I am convinced her address will join the list of the be...

Several experienced international analysts raised the issue before the meeting: is the G7 still relevant? They had in mind last year’s me...

I do not agree at all with his views but I cannot criticise the Brazilian population for their decision to elect Jair Bolsonaro as Presid...

A few of my readers have expressed some degree of surprise after reading what I wrote in my last blog about President Trump’s policy towa...

At this time of the year, a good number of people in the Northern Hemisphere are on leave. This is the peak period of the Summer season. ...

If there is anything this Summer is teaching us, I would say it is about the urgency of addressing climate change. It has been an abnorma...

Once more, the conflict between Israel and Palestine is not on the agenda of this year’s Munich Security Conference.  This annual con...

The French Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) have now demonstrated every Saturday since mid-November. Yesterday it was their 12 th Saturday o...