1 EDITO



2 SUMMARY

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4 INTERVIEW AVEC LE MINISTRE BELGE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES M. DIDIER REYNDERS



8 INTERVIEW WITH HIS EXCELLENCY THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM MR. HOWARD GUTMAN



12 WHAT IS THE USA FISCAL CLIFF? WILL THE OUTCOME SURPRISE? BY MR. MICHE CLERIN



14 EUROPE'S SECURITY OPPORTUNITY



16 LORENZ INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS



18 DOSSIER SPECIAL 'CHINE':



​CHINE: UNE EQUIPE RESTREINTE A LA COLORATION CONSERVATRICE

HOW WILL INNOVATION CHANGE IN THE NEW CHINA?

EN CHINE, LE LUXE NE CONNAIT PAS LA CRISE

LA CHINE BLING-BLING

LA CHINE SERA LE PREMIER MARCHE DU LUXE EN 2015



26 'RISING TENSIONS CREATE WAVES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA AS TAIWAN PROPOSES A SOLUTION TO CALM THE WATERS', INTERVIEW WITH ACTING REPRESENTATIVE DR. WAN-LI WANG, TAIPEI REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE EU AND BELGIUM



28 BRAFA: ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING ART FAIRS IN THE WORLD



30 VERS UN NOUVEAU FINANCEMENT DE L'UNION EUROPEENNE, PAR N. J. BREHON, FONDATION ROBERT SCHUMAN



34 INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ALDE MEP GUY VERHOFSTADT



36 INTERVIEW AVEC LE CEO DE DELCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT M. JEAN-JACQUES DELORI



38 HOET: THE EYE CATCHER



40 THE MIDDLE EAST CHAOS



44 OPERATION RENEWED HOPE: THE EU FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA AFTER THE U.S. ELECTION



46 SPECIAL DOSSIER 'THE OTHER BRUSSELS: CAPITAL OF LOBBY':​​​​​



FEDERATION DES BANQUES EUROPEENNES: CONSTRUIRE UN VERITABLE MARCHE UNIQUE DU SECTEUR FINANCIER EN EUROPE

EFRA: TOWARDS THE FULL OPENING OF THE EUROPEAN RAILWAY MARKET - QUITE A JOURNEY!

EUROPEAN TRAVEL COMMISSION: PROMOTING EUROPE'S UNIQUE HERITAGE OVERSEAS

REMY RUSSOTTO, CEO DE CORTE

FERRMED, ON THE WAY TO EU RAIL FREIGHT COMPETITIVENESS



51 DAVID CAMERON TELL EU TO STOP 'PICKING POCKETS' OF ITS CITIZENS, BY THE GUARDIAN



52 WHAT OBAMA HAS TO DO TO FIX THE US ECONOMY



54 PORSCHE'S HISTORY AT A GLANCE



60 LES NATIONS UNIES ET LA COMMUNAUTE INTERNATIONALE FACE AUX DEFIS MONDIAUX, PAR M. P. NTAHOMPAGAZE



68 DOSSIER SPECIAL 'CIGARE':



LES GRANDS CRUS DE CUBA

RECETTE DE VINCENT VERVISCH, CHEF DU RESTAURANT ER PU.RE

MARC DE COEN, DIRECTEUR COMMERCIAL BENELUX DE LA TRES BELLE SOCIETE CUBACIGAR

PHILIPPE VANDERBRUGGEN, LE MAITRE DE CE REPERE POUR LES AMATEURS DE CIGARES ET AUTRES PRODUITS DERIVES 'LE ROI DU CIGARE'!

BASILE DOUVALIS, PROPRIETAIRE DE LA BOUTIQUE 'LA TETE D'OR'



71 THE TIMEBOMB AT THE HEART OF EUROPE, BY THE ECONOMIST



72 HIGH-CLASS DIPLOMATIC RESIDENCE FOR RENT



74 PLACE VENDOME: CREATEURS EN HAUTE PARFUMERIE



78 INTERVIEW WITH THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN HE MR. HAMROKHON ZARIFI



80 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD



90 IKARI: CUSTOM SKIN CARE



92 DOSSIER SPECIAL 'TEA':

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INTRODUCTION BY HE MR. P. M. AMZA THE AMBASSADOR OF SRI LANKA

'TEA IS A LIQUID WISDOM'



98 ART WANSON GROUP



100 DIPLOMATIC WORLD MOTORS: BMW 640I GRAN COUPE 2013



106 THE ROMANTIC PARKHOTEL WASSERBURG ANHOLT



108 BOOKS: DIPLOMATIC WORLD'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS FRIENDS

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112 ORDRE DE SAINT GABRIEL: DISCOURS DE MONSEIGNEUR ROLAND ROUX DE BOUTECHOUX DE CHAVANES, GRAND MAITRE DE L'ORDRE