French people Articles

Shades of Abu Ghraib

Alistair Horne | Oct 27, 2009
The grisly subject of torture is back with us again. A look back at the dark days of de Gaulle's struggle to hold onto Algeria reveals consequences that echo loudly in our newest fight to retain what it means to be civilized.

Designated Driver Diplomacy

John C. Hulsman | Jul 01, 2007
Tory leader David Cameron has outlined a striking new vision for the Anglo-American partnership—with Britain in the role of the "skeptical friend."

The French Position

Philip H. Gordon | Sep 01, 2000
The French, believe it or not, have their reasons for being so quarrelsome with the United States.

Unusually, the French are Happy

William Pfaff | Dec 01, 1998
Lionel Jospin told a group of foreigners last summer that "it is a sociological fact that the French are always discontented with how they are governed." Yet polls show the French feel prosperous and confident in the future.

Bad Judgment at Bordeaux

John Laughland | Jun 01, 1998
The conviction in April of the former French treasury minister, Maurice Papon, for complicity in crimes against humanity has been welcomed across the world. But one French law professor has called the trial "a legal disaster", and its political ra

The Man Who Ran Franafrique

Kaye Whiteman | Sep 01, 1997
On the morning of March 19, 1997, an eighty-three year old Frenchman died in an apartment on the rue de Prony, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, after suffering for several years from Parkinson's disease.

Chirac: Beyond Gaullism?

Harvey Sicherman | Dec 01, 1995
The annual G-7 economic summits have been justly described as photoopportunities in which anything except economics may be discussed.

Deja Vu All Over Again: Algeria, France, and Us

Matthew Connelly | Dec 01, 1995
Barely three decades after fighting one of the bitterest of all colonial wars, France and Algeria are again embroiled in conflict.

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