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August 28, 2024
MagazineLaura Marsh
Rachel Kushner’s Spy Games
In “Creation Lake,” a brilliant secret agent delights in her infiltration of a niche world of ideas.
March 27, 2018
Nick Hewlett
Nicolas Sarkozy and the Weakness of Liberal Democracy
Allegations that the former French president accepted millions from Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi are uncomfortably relevant in the Trump era.
April 21, 2017
Alex Shephard
Did Donald Trump just endorse Marine Le Pen?
August 22, 2016
Harrison Stetler
Can Sarkozy 2.0 carve out a place on the new French right?
July 14, 2016
Harrison Stetler
With Emmanuel Macron, technocrats can have their revolution too!

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