There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.

The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.