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Our bi-monthly supplement devoted to books and periodicals, concerning politics and economics, focusing in particular on European integration, as well as on international policy, is also available to non-subscribers, except for the latest edition, which is reserved for subscribers.


No. 13629
28/4/2025

Pologne, histoire d’une ambition

Pierre Buhler, a former French ambassador to Poland (2012-2016), takes us on a journey of discovery of a Poland that has emerged from its abuse by History to become a country “on the front line of a Europe that is heading East” whilst facing “its most existential challenge since the end of the Cold War” (our translation throughout).

Nobody embodies […] more accurately than the Polish the fight of a nation for its freedom, crushed by [...]

No. 13616
7/4/2025

Le rapport soutenu par les cercles pro-Trump pour subvertir l’Union

Edifying is the only word to describe this text of some 40 pages published by “Le Grand Continent”, even though nobody could have expected anything else from the far-right European foundations which share the US right wing’s attachment to so-called traditional “values” and rampant nationalism of the 19th and 20th centuries. They also share a hatred of the European Union.

The plan of the 40-page report [...]

No. 13606
24/3/2025

D’où nous venons

From my vantage point at the crossroads of two cultures, two languages, I have never found a French equivalent of the German word Heimat”, writes Géraldine Schwarz at the start of this lengthy historical fresco running to nearly 500 pages. And she is right, as “chez soi” refers to a dimension of identity, both local and regional, a dimension of the French word “pays” (country) in the 18th-century meaning of the word, which France has spent more than two [...]

No. 13596
10/3/2025

Le jardin et la jungle

The work of journalist Edwy Plenel, former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Le Monde and co-founder of the website Mediapart, can generally be described as beautifully written, eruditely argued and militant in tone. And this book is no departure from the norm, although some of its statements could do with some qualification. It draws its title from the unfortunate metaphor used by the former High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, in a speech in Bruges on 13 [...]

No. 13586
24/2/2025

L’art de la paix

By giving this essay a title that echoes that of “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu, the French political scientist Bertrand Badie sets out his intention to demonstrate that war, as a means of dispute settlement, is not inevitable and that such an objective in fact requires the construction of peace.

In this work, which abounds with historical and philosophical references, the author starts by reminding the reader that very early on, war was presented as a natural and [...]

No. 13576
10/2/2025

Financer la transition énergétique

Over the course of 16 articles signed or co-signed by 18 authors, this edition of the Revue d’économie financière provides a comprehensive overview of the key issue of how to pay for the energy transition. It has three chapters and over to the assessment of needs, the specific natures of the various sectors and the instruments.

In their introduction, Patrice Geoffron and Christian de Perthuis (Université Paris-Dauphine) observe that according to [...]

No. 13567
28/1/2025

Albert Schweitzer

I remain convinced that truth, love, a peaceful spirit, gentleness and goodness are forces superior to any other” (our translation throughout). This quotation, which features on the back cover of this new biography by the historian Matthieu Arnold, gives us a useful insight into what drove this great man from Alsace and important figure of the 20th century. By drawing from the best sources, many for the first time, the author takes us on a journey of (re)discovery [...]

No. 13556
13/1/2025

Vers la guerre ?

Although this book, signed by the French Minister for Defence, does not really answer the question – although who can, with any certainty? – it certainly highlights what a dangerous place the world in which we live has become. It also stresses the need for France – but this also applies to all other European countries – to take their responsibilities in terms of rearmament and preparing society as a whole for the many threats it faces, which are complex and [...]

No. 13542
10/12/2024

Qui fait l’opinion ?

In this work, which deals with the democratic crises affecting the European countries and the influence of the “new media”, the director of the Observatoire de l’opinion [Observatory of Opinion] of the Fondation Jean Jaurès takes a deep dive into how opinion is formed and how it affects voting participation.

Antoine Bristielle’s starting point is the widely shared view that the first manifestation of the crisis of democratic representation, in France and [...]

No. 13531
25/11/2024

Le défi de la paix

In this book, Anne-Cécile Robert, deputy director of the Monde diplomatique and lecturer at the French International and Strategic Relations Institute (IRIS), takes readers back over the history of the international organisations, with particular focus on the United Nations, stressing the importance of breathing new life into them in order to maintain dialogue between States and preserve world peace, before it is too late to do so. Here are a few extracts (our own [...]

No. 13522
12/11/2024
No. 13513
28/10/2024
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14/10/2024
No. 13493
30/9/2024
No. 13483
16/9/2024
No. 13473
2/9/2024
No. 13458
22/7/2024
No. 13448
8/7/2024
No. 13438
24/6/2024
No. 13428
10/6/2024
No. 13418
28/5/2024
No. 13408
13/5/2024
No. 13401
29/4/2024
No. 13391
15/4/2024
No. 13382
2/4/2024
No. 13373
18/3/2024
No. 13363
4/3/2024
No. 13353
19/2/2024
No. 13343
5/2/2024
No. 13333
22/1/2024
No. 13323
8/1/2024
No. 13311
11/12/2023
No. 13301
27/11/2023
No. 13292
14/11/2023
No. 13282
30/10/2023
No. 13272
16/10/2023
No. 13262
2/10/2023
No. 13252
18/9/2023
No. 13242
4/9/2023
No. 13228
24/7/2023
No. 13219
10/7/2023
No. 13209
26/6/2023
No. 13199
12/6/2023
No. 13190
30/5/2023
No. 13182
15/5/2023
No. 13173
2/5/2023
No. 13163
17/4/2023
No. 13155
3/4/2023
No. 13145
20/3/2023
No. 13135
6/3/2023
No. 13125
20/2/2023
No. 13115
6/2/2023
No. 13105
23/1/2023
No. 13095
9/1/2023
No. 13082
12/12/2022
No. 13072
28/11/2022
No. 13062
14/11/2022
No. 13054
31/10/2022
No. 13044
17/10/2022
No. 13034
3/10/2022
No. 13024
19/9/2022
No. 13014
5/9/2022
No. 13004
22/8/2022
No. 12995
18/7/2022
No. 12985
4/7/2022
No. 12975
20/6/2022
No. 12967
8/6/2022
No. 12958
23/5/2022
No. 12948
9/5/2022
No. 12938
25/4/2022
No. 12925
4/4/2022
No. 12915
21/3/2022
No. 12905
7/3/2022
No. 12895
21/2/2022
No. 12885
7/2/2022
No. 12875
24/1/2022
No. 12865
10/1/2022
No. 12852
13/12/2021
No. 12842
29/11/2021
No. 12832
15/11/2021
No. 12824
2/11/2021
No. 12814
18/10/2021
No. 12804
4/10/2021
No. 12794
20/9/2021
No. 12784
6/9/2021
No. 12765
19/7/2021
No. 12755
5/7/2021
No. 12745
21/6/2021
No. 12735
7/6/2021
No. 12726
25/5/2021
No. 12717
10/5/2021
No. 12706
26/4/2021
No. 12696
12/4/2021
No. 12688
29/3/2021
No. 12678
15/3/2021
No. 12668
1/3/2021
No. 12658
15/2/2021
No. 12648
1/2/2021
No. 12638
18/1/2021
No. 12628
4/1/2021
No. 12622
14/12/2020
No. 12612
30/11/2020
No. 12602
16/11/2020
No. 12594
3/11/2020
No. 12584
19/10/2020
No. 12574
5/10/2020
No. 12564
21/9/2020
No. 12554
7/9/2020
No. 12532
20/7/2020
No. 12521
6/7/2020
No. 12511
22/6/2020
No. 12501
8/6/2020
No. 12489
18/5/2020
No. 12479
4/5/2020
No. 12470
20/4/2020
No. 12457
30/3/2020
No. 12447
16/3/2020
No. 12437
2/3/2020
No. 12427
17/2/2020
No. 12417
3/2/2020
No. 12407
20/1/2020
No. 12397
6/1/2020
No. 12386
9/12/2019
No. 12376
25/11/2019
No. 12367
12/11/2019
No. 12358
28/10/2019
No. 12353
21/10/2019