The Ukraine War in the Time of Trump
FROM REVOLUTON TO ROTThe U.S. is sending all kinds of signals it supports Ukraine against Russia, but the regime’s corruption is almost as big a threat at Putin’s proxies.
New Charlie Hebdo Book Blames Victims
The ExtremesAn inane essay by a radical left-wing French writer claims supporters of Charlie Hebdo are essentially Islamophobic fascists.
Adieu to J-M Le Pen. (A French Trump?)
THROW THE RASCAL OUTAfter months of wrangling, Jean-Marie Le Pen has been ousted from the party he founded. His appeal in his heyday was a little like Trump’s.
How Putin Won French Conservatives
Eastern InfluenceThe party led by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is moving into Moscow's orbit. And it has everything to do with domestic politics.
What’s Behind the Le Pen Family Feud
Patricide PoliticsMarine Le Pen may have forced her father out of the party he founded after his latest outrages, but that will just make her own pursuit of the French presidency easier.