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. […]

‘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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. » […]

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. […]

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: Sturz Assads Segen für Nahost

Die Familie Assad ist dem Untergang geweiht und niemand weiß, was nachher passiert, sagte der israelische Verteidigungsminister Ehud Barak am Sonntag im Gespräch mit dem Chef der New York Times in Paris, Steven Erlanger, auf der « World Policy Conference » in der Wiener Hofburg. Ein Sturz Assads wäre ein Segen für den Nahen Osten. Mit der Familie Assad stimmt etwas nicht. Dass Israel in Folge attackiert werde, bezweifelte Barak. […]

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. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Setting the world to rights—at least in theory

CASSANDRA has just been taking part in the World Policy Conference in Vienna—a meeting where the great and good, from the presidents of Turkey and Estonia to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, swap speeches and ideas on the state of the world and how to improve it.Inevitably, today’s reality tended to cast its shadow on tomorrow’s possibilities. […]

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.

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. […]

Clumsy’ Cameron’s walkout a blessing for Europe, says France

[…] David Cameron’s veto of a formal EU treaty in Brussels on Friday could therefore be seen as a bénediction », or « blessing », Mr Levitte told the World Policy Conference in Vienna. It would short-circuit the need for laborious negotiations with Britain on a formal EU treaty. It would therefore make it possible for the other 26 EU countries to reach a looser « inter-governmental » agreement by March on rules to harmonise fiscal and economic policies and rebuild global confidence in the euro. […]

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.

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. […]

Vivian Norris: 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. […]

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. […]

이스라엘 국방 « 아사드 몰락은 중동에 축복 »

에후드 바라크 이스라엘 국방장관은 9개월째 반정부 시위로 정정 불안에 시달리고 있는 시리아와 관련, 바샤르 알 아사드 시리아 대통령의 몰락은 중동지역에 축복이 될 것이라고 밝혔다. 11일(현지시간) 예루살렘 포스트 인터넷판 등 이스라엘 언론에 따르면 바라크 장관은 이날 빈에서 열린 세계정책 회의에서 이 렇게 말했다. […]

Turkey’s position on the future of Europe

[…] 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 Union 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 continent, contrasting the EU’s malaise with Turkey’s economic and political dynamism. […]

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. » […]

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. […]

Fu Ying : il est impossible que la Chine utilise le moyen financier pour contrôler les pays de l’Europe

La Vice Ministre chinoise des Affaires étrangères Fu Ying, qui vient de participer à la 4ème édition de World Policy Conference, organisée par l’IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales) et qui a eu lieu à la Hofburg du 9 au 11 décembre en présence du Président autrichien M. Heinz Fischer, a déclaré le 10 courant que la Chine contribue de façon active et positive à l’aide de la communauté internationale en vue de soutenir les efforts de l’Europe pour venir à bout de la crise de la dette […]

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. […]

Президент Турции: ХАМАС настроен заключить мир с Израилем

Президент Турции Абдалла Гюль заявил в ходе выступления на проходящей в Вене конференции по международной политике (World Policy Conference), что Израиль обязан использовать во благо так называемую « арабскую весну », а также подчеркнул, что Иерусалим так и не понял до сих пор причин конфронтации с Анкарой. […]

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. […]

China says already part of effort to help Europe

China will remain part of international efforts to help Europe through its crisis, vice foreign minister Fu Ying said on Saturday, dismissing the idea that Beijing was sitting back as the region suffered.China will be part of the international effort to help Europe. We’ve done a lot, we have been so much in it, Europeans know it, » she told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Vienna. […]

Gül auf Stadtspaziergang in Wien

Abseits des offiziellen Programms der « World Policy Conference » hat sich der türkischeStaatspräsident Abdullah Gül in Wien umgesehen. Statt eines Mittagessens in der Hofburg besuchte er eine Moschee in Wien-Favoriten.Gül war zum Anlass der hochrangig besetzten « World Policy Conference » am Freitag in Wien. Der türkische Präsident hielt bei der Konferenz, die um 15.00 Uhr in der Hofburg begann, eine Eröffnungsrede. […]