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1988-2000 : douze ans qui ont changé l'humanitaire. La dernière décennie du siècle s'est ouverte sur la conviction que l'ingérence permettrait aux peuples pauvres et opprimés de recueillir enfin les « dividendes de la paix ». Elle s'est achevée sur un humanitaire technicisé et instrumentalisé qui trouve, dans la défense des droits de l'homme, un expédient à ses difficultés croissantes d'accès aux victimes. Dans l'intervalle pourtant, l'action humanitaire est devenue un acteur à part entière des relations internationales, et l'activisme des ONG a été consacré par deux prix Nobel de la paix. Mais la naissance d'une prétendue « diplomatie morale » a surtout eu pour conséquence de la transformer en un paravent commode pour la poursuite d'intérêts étatiques traditionnels.

Both perpetrators and forms of violence change. States are no longer the central referents of contemporary conflicts. We can no longer understand them as the outcome of a linear history starting from tribal societies and leading to Western political structures. In the future, different worlds will exist alongside one another: anthropologists are uniquely placed to help understand and manage conflicts taking place within frameworks that do not correlate with our state-based logic. Adapted from the source document.

It is argued that certain global changes have led to the emergence of deterritorialized powers, & that a good example of this sort of body without a physical location is the International Francophone Organization (IFO), characterized as a complex institutional system that has moved in rhythm with the world's transformations. The relationship between Francophonie, the IFO, & the concept of the international, global organization is explored. It is contended that while the concept of Francophonie refers to shared language, this shared language itself unites diverse groups into a single organization, creating a multicultural mosaic. Scholars of international relations are said to lack a paradigm to describe a group like the IFO, which manages to combine external & internal factors, macro- & micropolitical dimensions, & both global & local issues. D. Weibel