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Macron’s Victory Won’t Thwart Populist…
At a quiet dinner hosted by former presidential aide Jacques Attali in 2008, then Socialist Party First Secretary…
2017 French Presidential Election: De Gaulle Would Not…
Since its beginnings, Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic has seen an alternating succession of mainstream…
French Populism in The Age of Democratic Dysfunction
In 2013, a survey revealed that 87% of the respondents agreed that France needed a true chief to put things back in…
Divide and Rule
At the Munich Security Conference, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, called for a “post-West…
François Fillon: Another Le Pen? Another Trump? Hardly.
Last November the entire political scene was left absolutely stunned as the electorate made itself heard and…
The Rise of Reactionaries: An End to Ideological…
Seventeen years ago, the twenty-first century was given a rousing reception, seen as the harbinger of hopeful times…
The End of an Era: Can Trump and Brexit be Good for the…
2016 has been a historic year in the Western liberal political tradition. Events like the Brexit referendum in…
The Scattered French Left
“Today, I am conscious of the risks that would arise from an approach, such as mine, that would not gather up to…
Fillon Did It. Now What?
François Fillon (Les Républicains/LR) has now become the official conservative candidate for the 2017 French…
Another Fracture, This Time in France
Brexit, President-elect Trump and now François Fillon in the front row since the first round of the French…
The United States Today, France Tomorrow?
Donald Trump’s victory on November 9th has come as a shock for many. It is the victory of a populist electorate…
Fighting for Gender Pay Equality, One Minute at a Time
Every year on October 24th, women in Iceland finish their work, pack their bags, and leave work at —what might seem…