Foreign Policy Essay
Negotiating With Jihadists in the Sahel and Nigeria
Jacob Zenn Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 10:01 AM
Are there opportunities to wind down fighting with some terrorist groups in the region?
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Europe
Dispatch from Munich: Seeking a Savior in a Time of Westlessness
Amanda Sloat Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 8:00 AM
European states want to exert more unity and strength on the world stage, but they lack the vision and consensus to do so.
Foreign Policy Essay
Europe Needs a China Strategy; Brussels Needs to Shape It
Julianne Smith, Torrey Taussig Sun, Feb 9, 2020, 10:00 AM
The new president of the European Commission can help guide European policy in the right direction.
Foreign Policy Essay
What Macron Got Right About NATO, Europe, and the Transatlantic Relationship
Sara Bjerg Moller Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 10:00 AM
Finding the grains of truth in the French president's controversial assessment of NATO.
Cybersecurity
Avoiding A World War Web: The Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace
Arthur P.B. Laudrain Tue, Dec 4, 2018, 8:00 AM
On Nov. 11 at 11:00 a.m., more than 70 world leaders walked towards the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War and to honor the 19 million people who lost their lives in it. French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a charged speech denouncing nationalism and urging all leaders to pursue peace through multilateralism. On Nov.
Middle East Ticker
Temple Mount Protests Wind Down, New Ceasefire in Libya Complicates Peace Effort, Hajj Gets Caught in Gulf Crisis, and Lebanon’s PM Makes Pitch in DC
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Aug 1, 2017, 11:00 AM
Relative Calm Returns to Temple Mount
Islamic State
French Special Forces Targeting French Citizens Fighting for ISIS in Iraq
Kenneth Anderson Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 1:55 PM
In the midst of all the U.S. domestic and Trump coverage, it’s worth noting a front-page Wall Street Journal story from ten days ago on the French government targeting French citizens fighting for ISIS in Iraq.
targeted killing
The French War on Terrorism: Targeting French Islamic State Fighters through Iraqi Forces
Robert Chesney Tue, May 30, 2017, 7:00 AM
Over the years I have heard knowledgeable people comment (sometimes with admiration, sometimes otherwise) that the French approach to counterterrorism outside of France is not so different from the American approach, but that the French manage to avoid anything resembling the scrutiny and criticism that the United States receives.
I’m in no position to judge that. But let’s assume for a moment the comparison is true. Why relatively little scrutiny for the French if so?
France
A Base On Which to Build: Le Pen May Have Lost, But Don’t Count Her Out
Laura Dean Sun, May 7, 2017, 7:53 PM
It’s hard to tell if Marine Le Pen’s official campaign website is a political ad or a perfume commercial. We are on a beach, Marine in a marine scene—so to speak—her blonde hair and cape aflutter in the Norman breeze as she gazes from the rocky coast out to sea. What do you see out there, Marine? A chance, now that you and the British are being conveniently disentangled from one another, for another shot at old timey Anglo-French hostilities? A fellow woman in arms in Theresa May? Or do you see dinghies in the Mediterranean?
Data Protection
Democracy, Hacked: A Security Argument for Data Protection
Hugo Zylberberg Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 2:31 PM
The recent Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report on Russia’s efforts to “undermine public faith in the US democratic process” through “an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election” also warns that similar influence operations could be waged against US allies, including France (where I’m from) and Germany. Both countries are set to hold elections in 2017 that will be crucial to the future of the EU.