List of France articles
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The headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels on October 21, 2004. (Mark Renders/Getty Images) No, Europe Isn’t Ambushing NATO
How to learn to stop worrying and love the EU’s new security and defense agreement.
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WWII query: Why did France surrender so quickly while Russia held out for years?
After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts.
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Then-president-elect Donald J. Trump arrives at his inauguration at the United States Capitol on Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images) The United States of America Is Decadent and Depraved
The problem isn’t Donald Trump – it’s the Donald Trump in all of us.
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New Eurogroup President Mário Centeno gestures as he addresses a press conference at the European Council in Brussels on Dec. 4. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images) Portugal Has Emerged as Europe’s Booming Anti-Germany
Lisbon got its economy back on track by ditching austerity, and now Berlin is eating crow.
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The U.S. capitol building on Sep. 27, 2013. (Getty Images) Warning to Congress: Bad Iran Legislation Is Worse Than No Iran Legislation
President Trump can’t let the House and Senate play politics with Iranian nuclear deal.
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Johnny Hallyday performs at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain on March 8, 2016. (Xavi Torrent/WireImage) The Voice of France’s Materialist, America-Loving, Rock ‘n’ Roll Silent Majority Is Dead
Johnny Hallyday was a working-class rock star with a right-wing Gallic twist.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel departs in the early morning after preliminary coalition talks collapsed. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Germany Has Plunged Into Unprecedented Political Chaos
It’s going to be a while before Europe’s most powerful country has a stable government – and Angela Merkel probably won't be leading it.
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French President Emmanuel Macron looks at a bust of writer Alexandre Dumas during a visit to the Monte Cristo castle near Paris, on Sep. 16. (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images) France Is Debating Whether French Is Sexist
Is the grammar of liberté, égalité, fraternité inherently chauvinistic?
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The interior of the Louvre Abu Dhabi on Nov. 7. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images) The Louvre Isn’t Just a Museum. It’s a Power Tool.
Emmanuel Macron went to the Middle East this week to unveil the Louvre Abu Dhabi — and affirm France as a global power.
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Audrey Azoulay, candidate for UNESCO director-general, delivers a speech at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Oct. 13. (Chen Yichen/Xinhua via Getty Images) UNESCO Gets First Jewish Director, Day After U.S. Leaves Over ‘Anti-Israel’ Bias
Outgoing head defends organization after U.S., Israeli departure.
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A logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is displayed in front of the organization headquarters on September 14, 2011. AFP PHOTO MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. to Pull Out of UNESCO, Again
Worried about past dues and what it calls an anti-Israel bias, Washington is bailing on the group it helped found.
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Students demonstrate in favor of Catalonian independence in Barcelona (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) France Won’t Recognize an Independent Catalonia
The statement comes as Catalonia mulls an independence declaration, spooking companies and emboldening France’s separatists.
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A French soldier enforcing pictured on November 18, 2015 in Paris in front of the Eiffel Tower, which is illuminated with the colors of the French flag in tribute to the victims of the November 13 Paris terror attacks. Photo credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images Rights Advocates Brace for Anti-Terrorism Bill
Critics of Macron's anti-terrorism bill see it as a dangerous political gesture.
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President of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes council, Vice-President of the French right-wing Les Republicains (LR) party, and candidate for the LR presidency, Laurent Wauquiez, delivers a speech prior to climbing the Mont Mezenc in Les Etables, central France, on September 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE DESMAZES (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images) France’s Bizarro-Macron Is on the March on En Marche
Laurent Wauquiez is young, charismatic, ambitious — and he’s reshaping French conservatism in a bid to become president.
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TOPSHOT - A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters of Internet security giant Kaspersky in Moscow. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Thibault MARCHAND (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) Russia’s Hybrid Warriors Got the White House. Now They’re Coming for America’s Town Halls.
Moscow knows that activists, religious groups, and NGOs are democracy’s soft underbelly.
