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Zaki Laidi
By Zaki Laidi - Nov 10,2019
PARIS — International-relations theorists generally distinguish between soft and hard power.
By Zaki Laidi - Jun 03,2019
PARIS — Though the final vote tally might seem to suggest otherwise, the European Parliament elections were a strategic success for French President Emmanuel Macron.
By Zaki Laidi - Apr 29,2019
ALGIERS — To understand what is behind the mass protests in Algeria, it helps to remember that the country’s outgoing president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, held that office for two decades, and served as foreign minister as far back as 1963, the year John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
By Zaki Laidi - Feb 13,2019
PARIS — All too often, important contributions to public debate go almost unnoticed, as was the case with Sigmar Gabriel’s recent commentary on the Franco-German relationship.
By Zaki Laidi - Nov 17,2018
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has framed the European Parliament election in May 2019 as a battle not between the traditional right and left, but between populists and pro-European progressives like himself.
By Zaki Laidi - Aug 15,2018
PARIS — US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker may have averted a trade war last month, but the challenges confronting the European Union are far from resolved.
By Zaki Laidi - Sep 24,2017
Beyond his bizarre, intemperate tweeting, the challenge that US President Donald Trump poses for Europe is real, but not always easily defined.There are differences between what Trump says, what his administration does and what Congress makes him do.In fact, recently, Trump was g
By Zaki Laidi - Jul 09,2017
French President Emmanuel Macron invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Paris as his first foreign guest, while US President Donald Trump will attend this year’s Bastille Day celebrations.By reaching out to two world leaders who made no secret of their hope that he would nev
By Zaki Laidi - Apr 19,2017
In a few weeks, France will elect its next president.Given the French executive’s considerable powers, including the authority to dissolve the National Assembly, the presidential election, held every five years, is France’s most important.But the stakes are higher than ever this
By Zaki Laidi - Apr 13,2014
When unexpected crises erupt, people tend to assume that nothing will ever be the same — exactly the conclusion that many Europeans have drawn in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation of Crimea.