With “The French Dispatch,” the director’s latest, yet another American artist falls under the country’s spell. The Times’s Paris bureau chief recalls when the same thing happened to him.
Author: Roger Cohen
A Jewish Far-Right Pundit Splits the French Jewish Community as He Rises
Éric Zemmour, eyeing the presidency, tries to rehabilitate the wartime Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazis as part of a campaign filled with provocations.
These U.S. Veterans Won’t Rest Until They’ve Kept a Promise to Afghans
An informal network that includes former government and military officials is working around the clock to fulfill a pledge to save Afghans who put their lives on the line for America.
A Year Later, a Schoolteacher’s Beheading Still Haunts France
The killing of Samuel Paty by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee intensified debate over security and immigration, and prompted intense scrutiny of the French secular model.
Bernard Tapie, French Tycoon, Actor and Politician, Dies at 78
His larger-than-life career, flamboyant personality and ongoing legal struggles made him one of the best-known personalities in France.
Awarding the Nobel Prize to Journalists Recognizes the Growing Repression of Media
Around the world, journalists find themselves under growing pressure. An estimated 274 journalists were imprisoned for their work in 2020, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
France’s Macron Takes on U.S., a Big Gamble Even for a Risk-Taker
For President Emmanuel Macron of France, a debacle over a lost submarine deal with Australia suggests that the NATO alliance is debilitated through lack of trust.
France Asks ‘Forgiveness’ for Its Abandonment of Algerian Harkis
After fighting on the French side in the Algerian war of independence, Algerian Arabs were left to be slaughtered in Algeria or were abused in France.
In Submarine Deal With Australia, U.S. Counters China but Enrages France
The reaction signals a widening rift among Western allies over China. French officials accused President Biden of acting like his predecessor.
The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo
The charismatic and divisive socialist mayor of Paris is eyeing an office that has been occupied by eight male presidents over six decades.