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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Pressures from within, Islam, and without, globalization and European integration, have made Germans and the French feel apprehensive about their national identity and culture. Anouar Boukhard analyzes the challenges both nations face today: defining what kinds of values are essential for their countries’ secular model of society and what kinds are negotiable.
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Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:00:00 GMT
Event Information:
- April 28, 2009, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
On April 28, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion to assess the scope and meaning of the Obama Administration's policies, to examine whether or not they are moving towards a model of European social democracy.
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Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT
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- March 30, 2009, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
When President Barack Obama and NATO leaders met in early April to celebrate the NATO alliance’s 60th anniversary, they also confronted the daunting challenges facing NATO today. Prior to the event, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings held a public discussion to preview President Obama’s first NATO summit.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse draws on the lessons of the election of Barack Obama – the first African-American president of the U.S. – for France, where very few black or Arab candidates emerge. To the extent the two countries can be compared, particular attention is given to the role of minority districts in the U.S. in fostering a more diverse body of politicians in the last four decades. Such districts don't exist in metropolitan France, but the French political system can easily improve its record by imposing a reform of the initial selection of candidates by the main political parties. (French)
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Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Federiga Bindi, Charles Kupchan and Justin Vaisse argue that French President Nicolas Sarkozy occasionally overplayed his hand while France held the EU's rotating presidency from July to December 2008. But on balance, they say, his EU leadership provided exactly the kind of international activism that Europeans want and America needs.
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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
World leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. to respond to the international financial crisis. The Managing Global Insecurity project and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a special online forum of global perspectives on the summit. The result is an intriguing glimpse into pivotal issues that will continue to dominate discussions about the crisis.
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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:30:00 GMT
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- November 12, 2008, 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
The Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner for an address on renewing transatlantic cooperation with the incoming Obama administration. With France currently holding the rotating presidency of the 27-member European Council, Kouchner focused his remarks on new priorities and approaches for U.S.–European relations.
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:00:00 GMT
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- October 07, 2008, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
The Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted Thérèse Delpech, director for Strategic Studies at the French Atomic Energy Commission to deliver the Fifth Annual Raymond Aron Lecture. Delpech explored the forces currently redrawing the lines of the international system, from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to revisionist powers and globalization. She offered insights into the future of the trans-Atlantic community and the French-American alliance in particular.
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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse discusses how Obama and McCain approach human rights issues, from capital punishment to Guantanamo and torture. (French)
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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Recently featured by the Council of Foreign Relations as a "Must Read" on the topic of integrating Islam into European society, this paper by Justin Vaïsse presents the basic facts and issues concerning Muslims in Europe, from a political and sociological perspective, and offers elements of comparison with the United States.
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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Testifying before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Jeremy Shapiro explored the system of detaining terrorism suspects in France and the United Kingdom. He noted that the threats and domestic situations in every country are unique and rules for detention must be rooted in pre-existing laws.
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Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Viasse joined L’Orient-Le Jour for a discussion on Islam in France. (French)
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Just over a year into the presidential term of France's Nicolas Sarkozy, Philip Gordon and Justin Vaisse note that the first year has been a bitter disappointment. Instead of giving up on Sarkozy as a lost cause, they believe there is hope for a recovery if he continues reforms promised during his candidacy. They also argue that the rotating presidency of the European Union, coming to France in July, may foster a new era in transatlantic relations.
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Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Jonathan Laurence and Justin Vaisse defend the record and the significance of the French Council for the Muslim Religion (CFCM in French) which will be renewed by a vote in mosques across France on June 8. (French)
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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse outlines what to expect from Nicholas Sarkozy as the European Union’s rotating presidency comes to France this summer. Vaisse notes that Sarkozy faces such challenges as ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, the Turkish candidacy to the EU issue, participation or non-participation in the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, and putting his own agenda on hold among other items.
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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse examines Nicolas Sarkozy's foreign policy compared to Gaullist and Atlanticist leaders of the past in France.
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Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse discusses initiatives taken by the American Embassy in Paris towards the banlieues (or poor neighborhoods) and the Muslim community. (French)
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Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse discusses initiatives taken by the American Embassy in Paris towards the banlieues (or poor neighborhoods) and the Muslim community in an interview with Le Parisien. (French)
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Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse and Pierre Haski debate what type of leader French president Nicolas Sarkozy is in historical context. (French)
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Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse and Pierre Haski debate what type of leader French president Nicolas Sarkozy is in historical context. (French)
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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Christopher S. Chivvis and Etienne de Durand discuss the upcoming April 2008 French White Paper on Defense and how it will set a new direction of French security policy for the next decade.
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In just under two decades, France has gone from being a hub of terrorist activity to the most effective counter-terrorism practitioner in Europe, according to analyst Jeremy Shapiro.
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Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse discusses the upcoming French presidency of the European Union. (French)
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Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The election of Nicolas Sarkozy brought with it new challenges for French-Turkish relations. Justin Vaisse explores these challenges and offers ideas for both sides to resolve their issues with one another.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse discusses George Bush, Nicolas Sarkozy and the impact of the recent NIE on Iran.
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Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse discusses the Arab-Israeli conflict in terms of Franco-U.S. relations. He argues that the EU and France are eager to see the peace process get back on track and warns that sticking with status quo will not bring the required settlement to the issue.
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Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:30:00 GMT
Event Information:
- November 15, 2007, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
On November 15, the Brookings Institution welcomed former French Minister of Foreign Affairs Hubert Védrine to deliver the fourth annual Raymond Aron Lecture. Hubert Védrine, the author of a report commissioned by President Nicolas Sarkozy on the subject in July 2007, explored how France has managed to maintain its sovereignty and its influence in the midst of globalization.
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Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Justin Vaisse discusses what Nicolas Sarkozy's trip to Washington means for the short and long term U.S.-France relationship.
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Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Senior Fellow Philip Gordon has translated French President Nicolas Sarkozy's book, Testimony, who emphasizes the need for the French to work more and harder and is facing down challenges from striking workers seeking to scuttle his ambitious reforms. In this exclusive excerpt, Sarkozy outlines his ambitious reforms.
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Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The French are supposed to be resistant to change, but it would be wrong to assume that Nicolas Sarkozy – their new, reform-minded president – will fail. Elected on a pledge to make a “clean break” with the past, he might not get everything he wants but he is already transforming his country. And don’t expect him to back down easily.
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Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:00:00 GMT
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- October 04, 2007, 4:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
On October 4, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) at Brookings hosted a presentation by Rama Yade, French Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights.
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Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency marks a mini-revolution in French foreign policy. His avowedly pro-American administration is getting tough on Iran, considering reintegration with NATO, and asking how it can help in Iraq. The Sarkozy era is an opportunity to remake relations between France and the United States.
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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Philip H. Gordon, Time International Edition (9/7/07)
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Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, E!Sharp (September/October 2007)
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Bruce Riedel, Los Angeles Times (6/14/07)
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Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Philip H. Gordon, The Diane Rehm Show (5/7/07)
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Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Ivo Daalder and Robert Kagan discuss what the recent elections in France and the rest of Europe mean for the broader political landscape there.
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Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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- April 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
At its most recent annual conference, the Brookings Center on the United States and Europe focused on three issues: the French elections which brought Nicolas Sarkozy to power, NATO’s difficult mission in Afghanistan, and the implications of Europe’s changing demographics.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon and Charles A. Kupchan, International Herald Tribune (4/18/07)
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Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, Le Figaro (4/17/07)
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Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, E!Sharp (January-February 2007)
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Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon and Omer Taspinar, The New Republic Online (10/30/06)
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Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Integrating Islam examines the complex reality of Muslim integration in France—its successes, failures, and future challenges.
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT
O'REILLY: "Impact" segment tonight, no surprise, French President Jacques Chirac has surrendered to the howling mob. For weeks, thousands of young French citizens, as you may know, have been demonstrating against a proposed new law that would allow French companies to fire them within the first two years on the job.
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Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Nevertheless, there are some worrying economic and social issues. The French welfare system no longer seems sustainable in the face of demographic pressure, mounting debt, and persistent unemployment. The riots in the poorer suburbs of Paris in November 2005 gave some hint of how disenfranchised one growing segment of the population has become. At the same time, even fairly modest reforms, such as the proposed CPE (Contrat Première Embauche or First Employment Contract) intended to reduce youth unemployment, provoked massive demonstrations and nationwide strikes. Such measures are often withdrawn or scaled back under pressure. What former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur said about his would-be youth labor law in 1994 could have been said by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin in April 2006 about his own attempt: "I would like to see an end to the sort of hypocrisy that consists in lamenting youth unemployment while criticizing every single measure we are trying to take." Finding a way to move past this societal blockage will be one of the key issues in the 2007 presidential elections in France.
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Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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- March 07, 2006 at 12:00 AM
On March 7, 2006, the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe, in cooperation with the National Intelligence Council, convened a day-long roundtable on the subject of France in Washington, DC. The roundtable brought together academic experts from France and the United States with members of the U.S. intelligence community to discuss long-term trends in France and their implications for France, for Europe, and for transatlantic relations.
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Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT
The current deadlock in the European Union's constitutional process has provoked yet another period of deep euro-pessimism. It is worth noting that the concept of Europe has lived through similar periods in the past and survived them all, often growing stronger in the process. We need only re-read Raymond Aron's Plaidoyer pour l'Europe décadente (In Defense of Decadent Europe) published in 1976 to recall the dismal intellectual and strategic atmosphere of that moment: the stagflation, the appeal of Eurocommunism, and the apparent strategic ascendancy of the Soviet Union.
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Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT
The conventional wisdom holds that Europe today is economically or socially dysfunctional. In this view, Europe, with its long vacations and generous pensions, is in many ways a better place to live than the United States, but that can not last. Even if the European social model is desirable, it is unrealistic and sooner or later, doomed. This assertion of Europe's doom derives from the association of technological change and globalization with inevitability or necessity. The protected economies of Europe that we have grown so used to will no longer be possible—like it or not this change is going to be upon us. We can see the future because we can see the shape of the economic present.
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Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Presentation to Congressional Staff by Justin Vaisse (1/12/06)
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Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Jonathan Laurence and Justin Vaisse, New Europe Review
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Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:00:00 GMT
Event Information:
- November 16, 2005, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Omer Taspinar, Handelsblatt (11/15/05)
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Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon and Nicolas de Boisgrollier, YaleGlobal (11/15/05)
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Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, The New Republic (11/9/05)
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Nicolas de Boisgrollier, U.S.-Europe Analysis Series (November 2005)
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Olivier Guitta, U.S.-Europe Analysis Series (November 2005)
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Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, Le Figaro (10/11/05)
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Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Nicolas de Boisgrollier, Survival (Autumn 2005)
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Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT
«La crise [...] a laissé derrière elle un tel mélange de confusion, de défiance et de rancoeur que les nombreuses disputes du passé apparaissent comme des divergences familiales mineures ».
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Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, Le Monde (8/9/05)
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Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT
The rejection of the draft Constitutional Treaty in referendums in France and the Netherlands triggered a political crisis in the European Union. The crisis was quickly followed by the decisions of the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic to defer their referendums. The European Council reacted with a very mild Declaration calling for a period of reflection during which a broad debate could take place and for the alteration of the ratification timetable if member states so decided. Several member states (Denmark, Ireland, Portugal and Poland) decided to suspend planned referendums; only Luxembourg stuck to its original timetable, ratifying the Constitution by referendum on July 10, 2005. Clearly, the process of ratifying the Constitutional Treaty has broken down.
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Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, Le Monde (6/7/05)
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Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Ivo Daalder, The Diane Rehm Show (6/2/05)
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Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT
U.S. Europe Analysis Series, Nicolas de Boisgrollier (6/1/05)
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Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, The New Republic Online (6/1/05)
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Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Philip Gordon, Le Figaro (5/31/05)
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Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon (5/17/05)
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Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Analysis by Nicolas de Boisgrollier (March 2005)
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Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Justin Vaisse, Le Monde (2/10/05)
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Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Analysis by Jean-Claude Casanova (February 2005)
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Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Analysis by Michael Shurkin (January 2005)
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Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Philip H. Gordon, Commentaire (Winter 2004-2005)
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Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:00:00 GMT
Event Information:
- November 22, 2004 at 6:00 PM
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Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon, Le Figaro (11/8/04)
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Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Jonathan Laurence, New Europe Review (November 2004)
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Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Analysis by Maxime Lefebvre (September 2004)
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Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:30:00 GMT
Event Information:
- April 19, 2004, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Sat, 17 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Justin Vaisse, Le Monde (4/17/04)
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Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Analysis by Justin Vaisse (March 2004)
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Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Analysis by B�n�dicte Suzan and Jean-Marc Dreyfus (March 2004)
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Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Samy Cohen (January 2004)
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Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip Gordon, Le Figaro (9/10/03)
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Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Michael R. Shurkin (August 2003)
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Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Valerie Marcel (August 2003)
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Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Justin Vaisse, In the National Interest (7/9/03)
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Wed, 02 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Justin Vaisse, In the National Interest (7/2/03)
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Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Justin Vaisse, Message (July 2003)
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Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Testimony by Justin Vaisse before the Subcommittee on Europe, House Committee on International Relations (6/17/03)
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Tue, 03 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Justin Vaisse, Le Monde (6/3/03)
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Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Justin Vaisse, French Politics, Culture & Society (Summer 2003)
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Fri, 30 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Michael E. O'Hanlon, The International Herald Tribune (5/28/03)
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Mon, 12 May 2003 08:30:00 GMT
Event Information:
- May 12, 2003, 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM
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Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Sophie Meunier (May 2003)
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Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Brian Rathbun (May 2003)
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Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Jean-Louis Brugui�re (May 2003)
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Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Marie-Anne Lefevre (May 2003)
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Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Philip H. Gordon in the International Herald Tribune (April 15, 2003)
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Sat, 15 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Justin Vaisse in the Financial Times (March 15, 2003)
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Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Justin Vaisse (March 25, 2003)
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Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT
U.S.-France Analysis by Jonathan Laurence (March 2003)