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Depuis des siècles, l'Asie du Sud-Est constitue un carrefour de cultures, de commerce et de religions. Sa centralité géographique se traduit maintenant en centralité économique, puisque la région est parvenue à s'imposer comme un maillon essentiel de la production commerciale en Asie. Comment comprendre et anticiper son émergence en tant que pôle de croissance économique majeur non seulement au coeur de l'Asie, mais également dans le monde ?

La budgétisation publique n'est pas un univers clos accessible aux seuls initiés qui, ce faisant, ont toute latitude pour agir à leur gré. Au contraire, il s'agit d'un monde fortement encadré, traversé par des courants normatifs majeurs qui encadrent l'activité des gouvernements: la constitution, les lois, les règlements, les ordonnances et les directives. C'est aussi un monde marqué par de fortes valeurs tenant à la fois de la démocratie, de l'économie, de l'administration et du budget.

Aujourd'hui, on a marqué l'histoire. Aujourd'hui, il y a beaucoup de Québécois qui ont mis de côté un débat qui nous a divisés depuis 50 ans. » En prononçant ces paroles après la confirmation de sa victoire aux élections québécoises de 2018, François Legault se réjouissait de la relégation de la question nationale à l'arrière-plan du débat public au Québec.

Pete Buttigieg demonstrates how a breakdown of trust is central to our nation's current predicament—and how our future depends on finding ways to instill confidence in the American project, and in each other. Trust is the essential foundation of America's democracy, asserts Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate and bestselling author of Shortest Way Home.

"This riveting, immaculately researched book is arguably the best single volume written about Putin, the people around him and perhaps even about contemporary Russia itself in the past three decades." Peter Frankopan, Financial Times Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine. In recent years, Vladimir Putin's Russia has waged a concerted campaign to expand its influence and undermine Western institutions. But how and why did all this come about, and who has orchestrated it?

"This is a listen for anyone interested in small-town America, how it's changed, and why it matters...Though Arsenault may not be a professional narrator, her passion for these important stories comes through with just the right amount of sincerity." —AudioFile Magazine. This program is read by the author. A galvanizing and powerful debut, Mill Town is an American story, a human predicament, and a moral wake-up call that asks: what are we willing to tolerate and whose lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival?

Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an essential component of humanity. Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book. “Margaret MacMillan has produced another seminal work... She is right that we must, more than ever, think about war. And she has shown us how in this brilliant, elegantly written book.” —H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World.

From environmental activist, renowned crusader, champion fighter, maverick—a book that looks at our present situation with water and shows us how we can each take action to make changes in our cities, towns, and villages, before it is too late. In Erin Brockovich's long-awaited book—her first to reckon with conditions on our planet—she makes clear why we are in the trouble we're in, and how, in large and practical ways, we each can take actions to bring about change.

A gripping account of four American spies at the dawn of the Cold War and the CIA's covert battles against communism, from the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia. "Enthralling...captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson... the climate of fear and intolerance that it describes in Washington also feels uncomfortably timely." —Kevin Peraino. The New York Times Book Review.

A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy. “You simply cannot understand China without reading Barbara Demick on Tibet.”—Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition. Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review and the Washington Post. Just as she did with North Korea, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick explores one of the most hidden corners of the world.