Europe, Year Zero
The Brain Drain in Science and Tech
Rethinking Europe’s Security Dilemma: The Illusion of Strategic Autonomy
Educating to Bridge Minds and Hearts
Emmanuel Macron, President of the “en même temps”
Annie Ernaux: Saving the World of Yesterday
Unpacking “Pluralism” in African Literature
Interview With Hubert Védrine
Former French Foreign Minister and seasoned diplomat, Hubert Védrine offers a frank appraisal of French diplomacy, the shortcomings of multilateralism, and the limits of a world order in disarray.
In Defense of Equality of Opportunity Through a Start-Up Capital Grant for Youth
Public policy expert and Harvard graduate, Niels Planel pens a compelling call for a merit-based society, in stark contrast to one entrenched in inherited privilege.
Who Are You Supposed to Be?
Through a sunlit summer memory in France, Franco-American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux retraces a formative exchange — between uncle and nephew, mentor and disciple, jazz and life. A story at the crossroads of coming-of-age and identity, where music becomes a way of becoming oneself.
Unpacking “Pluralism” in African Literature
Prosper Batariwah, lawyer and Harvard graduate, offers a sharp reflection on the layered forms of African identity and how literature has captured them — from the writers of the Négritude movement to today’s queer voices.
Annie Ernaux: Saving the World of Yesterday
How can one speak the irreversible — do justice to the past without betraying it? Drawing on Annie Ernaux’s works and journals, Harvard student Anna R. Gamburd explores the gestures of writing that preserve. A nuanced analysis, praised by the author herself, where literature, memory, and cinema intertwine.
Women’s Health: Assessment and Key Issues
Jeanne Theuret, entrepreneur and co-founder of a women’s health clinic, exposes the blind spots of a medical system long shaped by and for men — and sketches the outlines of a more equitable practice
Trump 2.0: Navigating the New Political Landscape
Essayist and scholar of American democracy, Seth David Radwell traces the rise of MAGA populism back to a founding conflict: who truly governs, in whose name, and to what end?
Moving toward an entrepreunarial politics?
The myth of the heroic entrepreneur is quietly seeping into the public sphere. In France, the appeal of a leaner, more efficient state is gaining ground in government rhetoric — but so far stops short of the American model.
Social Media, Loneliness, and the Acceleration of Political Polarization in France and the United States
Less nuance, more noise: has the attention economy eroded our democracies? A deep dive into a digital ecosystem that rewards outrage and sidelines debate.
Emmanuel Macron, President of the “en même temps”
From the promise of democratic renewal to mounting social unrest, the trajectory of a president at the heart of today’s upheavals. A look back at two terms that reshaped the contours of power and the French presidency.