International
1 December 2016
In their different ways, the trajectories of François Fillon and Theresa May highlight the challenges facing Europe
International
13 October 2016
France’s Pacific dependencies, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, have joined the Pacific Islands Forum as full members. Has French colonialism become entrenched in the…
International
18 July 2016
The attack in Nice reflects a shift in the dynamics of the Islamic State, writes Greg Barton. And the attempted coup in Turkey has complicated the task of responding effectively
International
8 December 2015
The National Front’s surge could deliver the French presidency to Marine Le Pen in 2017, writes Tim Colebatch. But the electoral arithmetic might change after…
16 November 2015
The “13/11” massacre reveals the scale of the ISIS threat, writes David Hayes in London. That makes a coherent response vital
International
16 November 2015
In the face of the attacks in Paris and Beirut, the philosophical heritage of stoicism carries a radical challenge, writes Jane Goodall
30 October 2015
It’s seventy years since France introduced major social security laws. Daniel Nethery was there for the celebration
National affairs
23 April 2015
More French soldiers died at Gallipoli than Australians, writes Nic Maclellan, and many of the allied troops were African and Indian
International
5 November 2014
Exhibitions across Europe show that national histories continue to shape the telling of the first world war, writes Daniel Nethery
International
9 September 2014
Tony Abbott intervened in Scotland’s referendum debate last month, worried about the threat to the Anglosphere. But independence is on the cards closer to home, writes …
Books & arts
31 July 2014
Two books about the second world war show that humans are capable of lifting ourselves out of the mire
Books & arts
17 December 2013
As two Australian books show, the European Enlightenment rested partly on a global traffic of persons between widely separated spaces
International
31 May 2013
French Polynesia’s historic resolution at the United Nations was clinched by years of campaigning and back-room diplomacy by this French dependency, reports Nic Maclellan
International
21 August 2012
Surprisingly little has changed under new president François Hollande, writes Philippe Marlière
From the archive
14 June 2012
Gertrude Stein’s authoritarian views left her susceptible to Marshal Pétain’s wartime Vichy government
31 May 2012
A recent French exhibition traced the rise of the photograph as a proof of identity and a form of surveillance, writes Daniel Nethery
Books & arts
3 May 2012
Richard Johnstone reviews a new edition of a classic novel
Books & arts
27 April 2012
Iain Topliss revisits Marcel Carné’s classic, Les Enfants du Paradis
Essays & reportage
11 April 2012
A radical new explanation of how gender works in French
Books & arts
24 November 2011
One of France’s best-known journalists went undercover to see the recession first-hand. Sophie Black reviews her account of the experience
10 May 2011
There’s a strange silence about the French president’s enthusiasm to intervene in Libya, reports Daniel Nethery in Paris
Books & arts
6 April 2011
Despite the dominance of mainstream economics, important national differences prevail within the profession, writes Geoffrey Barker
22 October 2010
May Ngo writes from Calais, where irregular migrants continue to take their chances on finding a way into Britain
International
13 October 2010
Nicolas Sarkozy’s currency reform push will test the skills of the erratic French leader, writes Geoffrey Barker