The President was invited to participate at the 5th annual Geopolitical Festival at ESC Grenoble on April 4, 2013.  She chose to speak about the importance of the security on the periphery of the EU, following her work on Georgia and Ukraine and following her recent participation in a FP7 bid on Democracy and Security in the Caucasus.  Her presentation is broken down into three parts : Security, Governance and Energy.

Here is the link to the video, in French :
http://tv.grenoble-em.com/fgg/securiser-la-peripherie-de-lue-mission-impossible
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Here is the program with a list of the participants :
http://www.pacte-grenoble.fr/wp-content/uploads/Programme-pour-site.pdf

We require the assistance of a graphic artist/designer for our scientific review.
This is a short-term mission, but could evolve into a longer term arrangement.

Send your CV, examples of work, 2 references before July 15, 2013, 18h CET to president@obgms.org. This opportunity is based in Paris.

Our Turkish analyst, Evren Kücükkaya, was invited back again this week to give analysis about the events in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on France24 English.

Here is the link to the video :
http://t.co/WAZ4BUqYbI

Notre analyste algérienne, Soraya Djermoun, a publié un court article sur la “Perspective du secteur gaz naturel” pp 31, 32.

En voici le lien : revue avril__2013

We are in the process of composing our research teams in the Black, Gulf and Mediterranean Sea areas.

If you are are specialist of and/or are studying in one of our  three geographic areas, do send us a list of your publications and/or your doctoral thesis work for consideration to the President : president@obgms.org.

Soraya Djermoun, our Algerian analyst, co-author of an essay written about the Qatari business model, will be in Paris to promote her publication.  Here is the link to the Editor’s website :
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=40212

Here is a brief descriptif in French : QATAR (isme) présentation (1)

You can contact Soraya at algeriananalyst@obgms.org.

We are pleased to announce that our GCC analyst, Romain Aby, has launched a paper.li as a weekly maritime press review today.

Here is the link :
http://paper.li/abygeopolitique/1367483288

In September, the Observatory will be proposing a bi-annual scientific review proposing research and analysis regarding the principal geostrategic maritime issues of the Black, Gulf and Mediterranean Seas.

Should you wish to contribute to the publication, please send a short biography and your article of 35.000 signes to president@obgms.org.  The deadline for receiving articles for the Fall issue will be July 1st.

This morning, the Ukrainian Ambassador in France,  S.E. Oleksandr Kupchyshyn, received a small group of people at the Ukrainian embassy, where the Deputy Justice Minister, Inna Yemelyanova  spoke of the reform of the judicial systema dn the status of judges; and the Deputy Attorney General, Renat Kuzmin spoke of the reforms to the penal code in 2012, which had existed since 1961 when Ukraine was a Soviet republic under Premier Krustchev.

S.E. Oleksandr Kupchyshyn receives Inna Yemelyanova and Renat Kuznin : Judiciary reforms in Ukraine

Thank you, Excellency, for this occasion to learn more about the admirable judicial and penal reforms that are taking place in Ukraine.

Here is the resumé of the conference in case you missed it : Table-ronde – La réforme judiciaire en Ukraine – Compte-rendu

Notre analyste GCC, Romain Aby a assisté à cette conférence pour nous.

Au cas où vous l’aurez manqué, voici le lien (
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/das/la-delegation/evenements/seminaire-etudes-strategiques-8-avril-2013/les-interventions-a-consulter
 pour écouter les podcasts des présentations faites sur :

1) Les enjeux sécuritaires et maritimes du Golfe de Guinée

2) La politique spatiale des émergeants : les BRICs

3) Les enjeux sociologiques de la Défense : les réseaux sociaux et les forces armées