Contenu du sommaire : Géopolitique et technologie

In France, think tanks are suffering from an ambiguous relationship with the state. On the one hand, the latter does not associate them with the main lines of foreign policy conception. On the other, they are asked to run as multifunctional tools serving the national interest, while maintaining their autonomy and their independence. Think tanks and their members are potentially subjected to instrumentalization and other influences from foreign countries. However, examples showing profitable interstate relations initiated by think tanks are numerous and should not be undervalued.

Over the last decades, evangelical communities have gained outsized power of influence within the United States. By recognising Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel in December 2017, Donald Trump has satisfied his electoral base while reasserting his leadership in the international fight against Evil. That decision should be analysed through the prism of a rooted ideology filled with theological references rather than the widely shared assumption of the President's madness. We are witnessing the advent of a political evangelism. The Jerusalem case strengthens the relevance of the approach of a powerful evangelical leverage on U.S. foreign policy.