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War of Influence

Raphaël Chauvancy: The ‘Social-fabric Wars’ threaten to dislocate French society

A senior officer in the Troupes de marine (French Marine Troops), Raphaël Chauvancy is a lecturer at the École de Guerre Économique (School of Economic Warfare). An expert in modern conflicts and a specialist in strategic influence, he published in February “Winning Without Violence: A Handbook of Influence and Information Warfare” (VA Editions). There he details the influence strategies used by hostile states to “manipulate perceptions” and “reshape realities” in a world undergoing profound change. An interview.

Interview | Chloé Morin: “It will be extremely complex to find a Prime Minister capable of avoiding post-Barnier deadlock.”

Chloé Morin, a political scientist and essayist, served as the director of the Opinion Observatory at the Jean Jaurès Foundation (2017-2020) and was an advisor to two left-wing Prime Ministers, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls (2012-2016). She is the author of several essays, including “The Unmovables of the Republic: You Will Never See Them, but They Govern” (Éditions de l’Aube, 2020), “Populism to the Rescue of Democracy?” (Gallimard, 2021), and “We Get the Politicians We Deserve” (Fayard, 2022). In this...

US Elections | Gérald Olivier “Europe must come to terms with the idea that America will no longer play the world’s policeman”

Former editor-in-chief of Spectacle du Monde, Gérald Olivier is a keen observer of American politics. He is the author of Sur la route de la Maison-Blanche : le dictionnaire des élections présidentielles américaines (Jean Picollec Éditeur, 2020). In this interview, he analyzes the repercussions of Donald Trump’s reelection for the United States and the rest of the world.

Interview | Gilles-William Goldnadel: “For a Jew, it’s no longer taboo to vote for the Rassemblement National”

Lawyer, essayist, columnist at Le Figaro and on the CNews channel, founder and chairman of Avocats sans Frontières, Gilles-William Goldnadel took up his pen the day after 7 October to write a “Journal de guerre” (Fayard), marked in particular by his analysis and rejection of the mediatic Islamo-leftism. In his view, anti-Semitism has “moved from the extreme right to the extreme left”. Explanations.

Interview | Malika Sorel: “We’ re heading for the abyss by lamenting the consequences without looking at the causes”

An engineer and graduate of the Ecole polytechnique of Alger, MBA major at Sciences Po-Paris and essayist author of “Décomposition française” and “Les dindons de la farce” (Albin Michel), Malika Sorel was a member of the High Council on Integration. This proponent of assimilation and secularism came second on the Rassemblement National list for the European elections. Explanations.