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Islam and Social Democrats: Integrating Europe's Muslim Minority

Fall 2013, Jonathan Laurence

Germany v. France: Berlin Flexes Diplomatic Muscles on Syria

August 23, 2013, Jonathan Laurence

The Trials and Tribulations of European Defense Cooperation

July 24, 2013, Clara M. O'Donnell

The Franco-German Alliance and Gaps in Economic Performance

July 15, 2013, Jonathan Laurence

Why Global Education Financing Must Be Part of Europe's Financial Transaction Tax Revenues for Development

May 1, 2013, Sarah O’Hagan and Rebecca Winthrop

Crisis in Mali and North Africa: Regional Dynamics and International Priorities

February 6, 2013

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Time to Bite the Bullet on European Defense

February 1, 2013, Clara M. O'Donnell

Thank the French, Don't Bill Them

January 25, 2013, Marvin Kalb

How China Views France’s Intervention in Mali: An Analysis

January 23, 2013, Yun Sun

The Al Qaeda Menace in Africa

January 21, 2013, Bruce Riedel

The Second Coming of France in Mali and the Challenges of Continental Leadership in Africa

January 18, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and Brandon Routman

IMF Concerned With the Pace of France’s Economic Reform

January 8, 2013, Domenico Lombardi

Islam: The Long Way to Integration

November 2012, Jonathan Laurence

France's Hollande Seeks Reset in Post-Arab Spring Maghreb

October 3, 2012, Jonathan Laurence

Europe’s Vital French Connection

September 12, 2012, Kemal Derviş

Will the Euro Survive?

August 20, 2012, Liaquat Ahamed

La capacité des Européens à façonner une relation stable entre l’État et l’islam est essentielle

July 5, 2012, Jonathan Laurence

Why Is It So Hard for the French to Say Sorry to Algeria

July 5, 2012, Jonathan Laurence

The Mysterious François Hollande

June 26, 2012, Justin Vaïsse

Austerity and Growth in the Eurozone

June 14, 2012, Kemal Derviş

So can the most structurally sovereigntist country in the eurozone, France, agree on the abandonment of sovereignty that Merkel is right to insist on? Common debt liability in some form needs to be accompanied by greater political and economic integration; that's just logical.

June 8, 2012, Justin Vaïsse, New York Times

A Plan for Euro Bonds Revisited

May 22, 2012, George L. Perry

Franco-American Relations after the Election of François Hollande

May 22, 2012, Justin Vaïsse

François Hollande was met with hostility when he promised to renegotiate the fiscal treaty. Since then, that has become the consensus. There will be a package of growth measures to balance the fiscal compact treaty.[German chancellor Angela] Merkel runs the risk of being isolated [at the G-8 summit]. The US is clearly on the side of growth.”

May 18, 2012, Justin Vaïsse, The Irish Times

Previewing the G-8 and NATO Summits: An Examination of the Summits’ Top Agenda Items

May 16, 2012

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