The Human Archipelago / L'Archipel humain

  The five permanent members of the Security Council: the United States of America,  the United Kingdom, France, Russia (the main successor state of the  Soviet Union)  and China. In the last years, many voices have asked for changes in the composition of the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations, made up of the five winners of World War II: France, America, Russia, Britain and China. Those five occupied permanent seats and have a very important veto power. The Council also has seats occupied by other countries, on an elected basis and for a given period of time only. Mainly, those asking for changes were suggesting to gave the permanent seat presently occupied by Russia to another major power, usually India. Boris Johnson, when he was Prime minister of Britain, have made remarks about it, among others. Of course, the start of the Ukrainian invasion have gave the subject a broader appeal.  Last Thursday, for instance, the American ambassador to the UN, Linda T

  Tokyo's Asia Nikkei wrote an article not long ago about the new silk roads that were supposed to link China and Europe on land, one day, and be important vectors of prosperity. After a false start, those links seems to have fizzle away. First, it must be noted that, if some of those new silk roads used already existing railways, some others implied building new sections, an endeavour that takes time and is expensive. Before you start, you have to define a corridor, a long, thin piece of land that cross many countries and require the approval of many actors. Here and there, bridges and tunnels would have to be constructed. The existence of different gauges must be taken into account. The planning must also take into account the need for regular servicing and occasional repairing of the new tracts once they are constructed and put to use. That's probably why the network of maritime new silk roads was the first to be completed. It was simpler that way. China started with that n

LA FAMILLE OCCIDENTALE TRADITIONNELLE La famille occidentale traditionnelle est composée:  d'un couple, comprenant un père et une mère, accompagnés  d'un certain nombre d'enfants. LA FAMILLE OCCIDENTALE MODERNE Ce modèle traditionnel est évidemment complètement dépassé de nos jours. La famille occidentale moderne bouscule gaillardement les façons vieillottes de nos ancêtres et mise audacieusement sur les formules d'avant-garde, innovantes, créatrices, basées sur le principe de la liberté individuelle, sans aucune contrainte, inhibition ou retenue. La famille occidentale moderne est donc composée: d'un couple polyamoureux comprenant trois hommes, deux femmes, une personne non-binaire et une chèvre, accompagnés d'aucun enfant (trop de trouble).