Bruno Tinel, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Jean-Michel Servet, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Since his election, Emmanuel Macron has emerged as a man of the “liquid” society, where finance, labour, politics and people shift and flow. What matters is change, not the direction one is taking.
Malcolm Turnbull would do well to take his lead from Emmanuel Macron on climate change.
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Most businesses are only just starting to figure out how to put artificial intelligence to work. But governments are also increasing their focus on this prediction enabling technology.
Macron visits a migrant centre in Croisilles, northern France, in January.
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France’s new immigration bill exposes the flaw in fixating on numbers rather than people’s lives.
Macron and Trump, seen here meeting in September 2017, have reportedly developed a good working relationship despite their many ideological differences.
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Garret Martin, American University School of International Service
Trump is rolling out the red carpet for Macron’s visit to Washington. But the French president has some tough talks ahead, as the two leaders discuss thorny issues like trade and the Iran deal.
The absolute best at international intervention, believe him. So, so good at intervening.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
Emmanuel Macron is driving through his neoliberal agenda by relying on French police forces renowned for their violence against ethnic minority citizens, protestors and migrants.
Marine One arrives in the Alps.
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The French president said he would eliminate all coal-fired plants in his country by 2021, while his US counterpart is pushing policies intended to make them more profitable. Either way, the laws of economics will win.
The Chinese zodiac predicts justice, openness, tolerance and innovation for the year ahead. After a difficult political year, it could be just the tonic.
We’re not sure if the cure, the populist outsider, will work and make life better. but we are willing to experiment as the old certainties of representative politics wither.
Stretching the limits of civil liberties.
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France has been living under a a state of emergency for nearly two years. The president now wants to make some of its most controversial elements permanent law.
Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
Professeure de management stratégique, directrice des programmes du MSc Arts & Creative Industries Management à Paris et de la partie française de l'Institut Franco-Chinois de Management des Arts et du Design à Shanghai, Kedge Business School