Riyad n’exclut pas d’acquérir l’arme nucléaire

Membre influent de la famille régnante d’Arabie saoudite, le prince Turki al-Faysal, ex-ambassadeur à Londres et à Washington, est aussi un ancien chef des services de renseignements du royaume .Il participait samedi à la ۴e World Policy Conference organisée à Vienne par l’Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri).Quand le journaliste de Le Figaro” lui a demandé “vous avez déclaré la semaine dernière que l’Arabie saoudite pourrait envisager de se doter de l’arme nucléaire. Que voulez-vous dire?” Turki al-Faysal a répondu: Je ne parlais pas uniquement de l’Arabie saoudite mais des pays du Conseil de coopération du Golfe Persique. […]

Containment Breach

[…] In Vienna last weekend, the World Policy Conference, founded by the French Institute of Foreign Relations (IFRI) as a vehicle of European communication and cooperation with the so-called BRIC nations and other states in the developing world, found its attention riveted on Brussels and the euro-zone states of the EU. A French official who was part of the nearly all-night discussion in Brussels flew to Vienna to brief the gathering there, where decidedly mixed feelings were expressed about this successful German imposition of its own economic norms on an EU in distress. […]

L’Arabie Saoudite envisage d’acquérir la bombe H !

[…] Approché par le ‘Figaro’ au cours du 4ème World Policy, Conference organisée à Vienne par l’Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), ses paroles sont à prendre au sérieux du moment qu’elles émanent d’un membre très influent de la famille régnante en Arabie Saoudite. Ex-ambassadeur saoudien à Londres et à Washington, Turki accorde cette interview alors que les bruits d’une attaque visant l’Iran, orchestrée par Israël à cause de son programme nucléaire, se précisent davantage jour après jour. Une déclaration (comprenez une révélation) qui fait l’effet d’une…bombe ! […]

Brussels agreements increase Germany’s role in EU

[…] In Vienna last weekend, the World Policy Conference, founded by the French Institute of Foreign Relations (IFRI) as a vehicle of European communication and cooperation with the so-called BRIC nations and other states in the developing world, found its attention riveted on Brussels and the euro-zone states of the EU. A French official who was part of the nearly all-night discussion in Brussels flew to Vienna to brief the gathering there, where decidedly mixed feelings were expressed about this successful German imposition of its own economic norms on an EU in distress. […]

Germany Dominates Europe Once Again

[…] In Vienna last weekend, the World Policy Conference, founded by the French Institute of Foreign Relations (IFRI) as a vehicle of European communication and cooperation with the so-called BRIC nations and other states in the developing world, found its attention riveted on Brussels and the euro-zone states of the EU. A French official who was part of the nearly all-night discussion in Brussels flew to Vienna to brief the gathering there, where decidedly mixed feelings were expressed about this successful German imposition of its own economic norms on an EU in distress. […]

Joschka Fischer fervent défenseur de l’accord européen

[…] Joschka Fischer, l’un des plus brillants ministres des Affaires étrangères allemands de l’après-guerre, a des idées biens précises sur l’accord dit ” Dix-sept plus ” des chefs d’Etat de l’Union européenne. ” Une nouvelle forme de gouvernance européenne est en train d’émerger avec la formule des 17 plus. Nous devons réellement aller dans cette direction, vers l’union budgétaire et, par là, vers l’union politique, ce qui serait encore mieux “, a-t-il expliqué aux ” Echos ” en marge de la conférence annuelle sur la gouvernance organisée ce week-end à Vienne par l’Institut français des relations internationales. […]

Estonia – President Toomas Hendrik Ilves going on a visit to Switzerland and Austria

[…] From Switzerland President Ilves will travel to Austria to meet with the Austrian Head of State, Heinz Fischer, and participate in the fourth World Policy Conference.The 150 participants of this representative conference on foreign policy will include: President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy, Turkish President Abdullah Gül, Slovenian Head of State Danilo Türk, Serbian President Boris Tadić, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, former Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. […]

Riyad n’exclut pas d’acquérir l’arme nucléaire

Membre influent de la famille régnante d’Arabie saoudite, le prince Turki al-Faysal, ex-ambassadeur à Londres et à Washington, est aussi un ancien chef des services de renseignements du royaume . Il participait samedi à la 4e World Policy Conference organisée à Vienne par l’Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri).LE FIGARO. – Vous avez déclaré la semaine dernière que l’Arabie saoudite pourrait envisager de se doter de l’arme nucléaire. Que voulez-vous dire?Prince TURKI AL-FAYSAL. -Je ne parlais pas uniquement de l’Arabie saoudite mais des pays du Conseil de coopération du Golfe […]

Weekly Review Of The World Press 13. 12. 2011

Here is weekly summary of some newspapers around world.Austrian daily Die Presse covered a speech made by President Abdullah Gül at World Policy Conference” organized in Vienna.The daily quoted President Gül as having said that “they are witnessing a new world order”, pointing out that political and economic imbalances should be eliminated and G20 can undertake key role at this point. […]

Spaziergang in der City statt Mittagessen mit Heinz Fischer

Der türkische Präsident Abdullah Gül war anlässlich der World Policy Conference” in Wien und zog einen Bummel in der Innenstadt dem geplanten Mittagsessen mit Heinz Fischer vor. Berichten zufolge wollte er mit Israels Verteidigungsminister nicht an einem Tisch sitzen.Der türkische Staatspräsident Abdullah Gül hat bei seinem Besuch in Wien einen Spaziergang durch die Innenstadt gemacht und eine Moschee in Favoriten besucht. […]

Barak predicts fall of ayatollahs

Iran’s clerical regime is waning but would be boosted by gaining nuclear weapons, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.Addressing a Vienna conference Sunday, Barak repeated calls for world powers to crack down on Iran’s nuclear program with “paralyzing” sanctions. […]

Turkish President Shuns Lunch in Vienna Because of Barak

In a reminder that Turkey and Israel are still in a diplomatic row, Turkish president Abdullah Gul refused to attend a formal lunch in Vienna on Friday after being informed that the event was attended by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Gul chose not to participate in the lunch and instead visited a residential neighborhood of Turkish immigrants in the Austrian capital. […]

New Europe Meets “New” Turkey: A British Future for Ankara?

[…] Since the beginning of the eurozone crisis, Turkey has offered itself as an antidote to an ailing Europe trying to gain strategic leverage to little avail. Echoing a recent refrain, “Hold on Europe, Turkey is on its way,” Turkish leaders have had little sympathy for Europe’s problems. On the final day of the European Summit, the Turkish president, Abdullah Gül, speaking at the World Policy Conference in Vienna, said that “negligence” is to blame for the financial crisis roiling the European continent, contrasting the EU’s malaise with Turkey’s economic and political dynamism. […]

Turkish President Slams Israel, Hails Hamas

[…] On Friday, Gul refused to attend a formal lunch in Vienna after being informed that the event was attended by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, choosing instead to visit a residential neighborhood of Turkish immigrants in the Austrian capital.Both men were in town for the two-day World Policy Conference. […]

Barak: Assad will fall within weeks

Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the World Policy Conference on Sunday that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad would last but a few more weeks in power before being deposed by his people, just as happened to other autocrats from Libya to Egypt.Barak told the Vienna assembly that Assad’s downfall would be a “blessing for the Middle East.” […]

Amr Moussa, Egyptian presidential candidate

Egyptian Islamists from the Muslim Brotherhood and the even more radical Salafist party have won the country’s first election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Amr Moussa analyses the election results and talks to Marc Perelman about Egypt’s future.

‘Small countries join EU, big countries bargain’

Small countries were joining the European Union while big countries were bargaining, Turkey’s president said late Dec. 9 after Turkey’s disappointment in not progressing in its EU bid while Croatia signed its accession treaty.”Small countries are joining the EU, but big countries are bargaining,” Gül said at the fourth World Policy Conference in Vienna, Austria. […]

Ehud Barak: Assad’s downfall would be a blessing for Middle East

[…] Barak spoke on the final day of the three-day World Policy Conference in Vienna, which also showed that relations between Turkey and Israel remain strained following last year’s Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed eight Turkish citizens and a Turkish-American.The annual conference aims to bring together policy makers from different sectors to debate some of the world’s more pressing concerns and attempt to advance solutions. […]

Ehud Barak: Assad’s downfall to become blessing for Middle East”

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime could come crashing down within a few weeks, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday at the World Policy Conference in Vienna, Haaretz reported. “The falling down of this family is a blessing for the Middle East,” Barak said during a question-and-answer session at the conference. Since June, Barak has been predicting the downfall of the Assad regime “within a few months.” […]

Abdullah Gül nennt Bedingungen für Normalisierung der Beziehungen zu Israel

Der türkische Präsident, Abdullah Gül, hat für eine Normalisierung der Beziehungen zu Israel Bedingungen genannt. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Wien sagte Abdullah Gül in einer Rede, dass die Türkei bereit sei, ihre Beziehungen zu Israel wieder zu normalisieren, wenn Israel seinerseits bereit sei, zu Palästina und anderen arabischen Ländern gute Beziehungen zu pflegen. […]

China gaat nog meer open voor import

China zal meer importeren: dat is de manier waarop het land de wereldhandel wil stimuleren en Europa door de crisis helpen. Toezeggingen in die zin werden gedaan door president Hu Jintao bij de viering van 10 jaar lidmaatschap van de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO) en door Fu Ying, onderminister van Buitenlandse Zaken. […]

Optimism for the Euro and Europe: The Win-Win Situation

[…] Last weekend I attended a fascinating conference, and surely one of the most uplifting, where our common future is concerned. It was here in Vienna that I heard a banker say those words, redistribution of wealth” and actually mean it. It was a very practical, sane kind of conference, less rushed and more in-depth than many other conferences of its kind. The topics ranged from the Arab Spring, to the future of alternative energy, global governance and the environment, and corporate responsibility, but began with the economy, the Eurozone and the future of the Euro as a currency. […]

Abdullah Gül, Turkish President

Since the beginning of the crackdown in Syria, many defectors from Syria’s army have taken refuge in Turkey. Abdullah Gül, the Turkish President, supports the Syrian people’s demands for freedom. He tells Marc Perelman that he thinks Assad should move to a multiparty system, release all political prisoners and hold elections with international observers.

At a glance

[…] Instead he told the World Policy Conference in Vienna that there is still time for crippling world sanctions on Iran’s energy sector and its leadership to force Tehran to give up nuclear programmes that could be used to make such arms. On Syria, he predicted Assad and his clique would be forced out of power within weeks. […]

Qui peut faire tomber la Syrie ?

La World Policy Conference, organisée par l’Institut français des relations internationales à Vienne, s’est transformée en une conférence anti-syrienne. Après l’intervention belliqueuse du prince Turki al-Fayçal, Ehud Barak a prédit la chute imminente de Bachar el-Assad.

Cependant aucun analyste n’entrevoit actuellement de scénario crédible d’un changement de régime sans intervention militaire étrangère. […]

Who can bring down Syria?

The World Policy Conference, organized by the French Institute of International Relations in Vienna, has turned into an anti-Syrian show. After Prince Turki al-Faisal’s bellicose speech, Ehud Barak predicted the imminent fall of Bashar al-Assad. But no analyst currently foresees a credible regime-change scenario without foreign military intervention. […]

Gunman killed in Syria, 13 officers buried

[…] Ehud Barak also made some rhetorical remarks about the situation in Syria on Sunday.Speaking on the final day of the three-day World Policy Conference in Vienna, Barak predicted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government will be toppled in a few weeks.Barak also said that Assad’s fall would be a blessing” for the Middle East, AFP reported on Sunday. Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations being held both against and in favor of President Assad. […]

Presedintele Turciei nu a dorit sa stea la aceeasi masa cu ministrul israelian al apararii

[…] Surse din administratia lui Gul au explicat ca presedintele a decis sa nu participe la pranzul organizat in cadrul World Policy Conference dupa ce a aflat ca la eveniment va fi prezent si seful institutiei de aparare a statului evreu. De asemenea, el a ignorat fotografia de grup a participantilor la conferinta din acelasi motiv, mergand sa viziteze in schimb cartierul turcesc din Viena. […]

Izrael: Upadek Asada to byłoby błogosławieństwo

[…] Szef izraelskiego resortu obrony wypowiadał się w Wiedniu na zakończenie trzydniowej dorocznej konferencji na temat polityki światowej (World Policy Conference – WPC), na którą przybyli politycy, by omówić szereg najbardziej palących problemów. […]