France
Refugee in his Own Country
Robert Redeker has lived in hiding in France for two years. His offence? To have criticised the Prophet Muhammad
Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression
Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today
What’s Best for Europe?
‘It is an interest rather than a principle that marches against Israel promote’
Amoral Equivalence
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom by Gilles Kepel
The Case Against Israel’s Enemies by Alan Dershowitz
Ypres: Never Say Never Again
The Armistice commemorations in Ypres: Remembrance cannot cure us of the instinct for war, but it can help to restrain us
Numb and Number
Two new plays lack nothing in ambition but ultimately fail to engage
Caucasus: Diary, August-September, 2008
‘It was days after the ceasefire had been signed and the facts on the ground went square against what President Nicolas Sarkozy of France had intended’
ONLINE ONLY: Sarkozy’s True Colours
As his peacemaking efforts in Georgia reveal, Sarkozy’s foreign policy is cynical and incompetent
Revolutionary Roundabout
Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914 by Robert Gildea
France Finally Forgets Vichy
The humiliation of 1940 has cast a baleful shadow over France’s postwar history. Can Nicolas Sarkozy, the first president too young to be tainted by it, usher in a new era?
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood