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@GerardAraud

Former Fr. amb. to Israel, the UN ’and the US. Ancien amb. en Israël, à l’ONU et aux US. Chroniqueur et . Senior adviser

New York, NY
Joined April 2014

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    Aug 18

    Take the high moral ground, invoke principles, stir emotions, set the issue as good against evil, dismiss any allusion to the real world as cynicism, avoid practical considerations, add a point of Godwin : foreign policy on twitter. Irrelevant but morally satisfactory.

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    Trump's new sanctions are the latest misstep in his belligerent anti-diplomacy campaign that has resulted in Iran being closer to a nuclear weapon, left Iranian hardliners more empowered and placed US troops and allies in the region under greater threat.

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    Paris court to Google: You have a “quasi monopoly” over the online search market. Time to negotiate "in good faith" with press publishers and news services over licensing fees.

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    7 hours ago

    « S'il est réélu... Le monde avec Donald Trump sera un monde de carnivores, les Européens risquent d’être les seuls herbivores »

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    8 hours ago

    Michel: "The EU stands in full solidarity with Ireland. And this is especially true when it comes to the full implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement and the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland...This text has been negotiated for three years...

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    17 hours ago

    La situation est sérieuse. Vous avez entendu et vu sur les ondes des personnes qui affirmaient que rien ne se passait. Et d’autres qui vous incitaient à . Lesquelles sont sérieuses ? D’avoir écouté lesquelles pourriez-vous vous repentir ?

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    13 hours ago

    It appears that Azerbaijan forces are deliberately targeting the historic Armenian Cathedral in Shushi, Ghazanchetsots. This is second attack in 2 days. The intentional destruction of the cultural heritage of a people is a .

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  9. I am not into numismatics but this coin is quite something....

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  10. Ça vaut la peine d’écouter cet entretien téléphonique de Trump avec Fox News pour avoir une idée de la campagne qu’il mène. C’est sans précédent.

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    15 hours ago

    Having long abandoned the original stated goal of getting a "better deal," the administration's metric of success is now just finding new ways to inflict more pain on Iranians. Pure cruelty for its own sake. Psychopathic.

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    10 hours ago

    Venus of Cythera, inviting you into her enchanting garden near Genoa in 1562. By Jan Massys, whose day is today.

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    Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Picasso, 1907.

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    Oct 7

    Grande joie de voir Emmanuelle Charpentier reconnue par le prix Nobel de chimie. Son utilisation des ciseaux moléculaires a des applications cliniques majeures. La France a tous les talents en recherche fondamentale mais elle doit savoir les retenir et les faire fructifier.

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    Oct 7

    Erasmus is the real EU in our pockets, an amazing self-defining experience and a door to lots of EU friendships for which I am forever grateful

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  16. A petit bruit mais de manière cohérente, le nouveau secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires Européennes prouve l’importance de ce poste lorsque le titulaire en domine la technicité mais y ajoute un sens politique. Suivez la mue du technicien en politique. Réussie jusqu’ici.

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  17. It is not absurd, it’s political. The EU knows it will have to make concessions but because of domestic constituencies, it will have to make them late and as part of a global deal. You don’t kill such a deal for 0.1% GDP but theatricals matter. A normal negotiation...

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    The French are … the most brilliant and the most dangerous nation of Europe, and the one that is surest to inspire admiration, hatred, terror, or pity, but never indifference. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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  19. Especially because the US has refused the E3 (Uk/Fr/Ger) request of proactively setting a specific mechanism to facilitating humanitarian trade with Iran to take into account the overcompliance of the business community.

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    11 hours ago

    Trump made a surprise announcement on Wednesday night that the remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan "should" be home by Christmas. In doing so, he drastically accelerated the timeline for withdrawal and managed to undercut his own nat'l security adviser

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    13 hours ago

    The 50 richest Americans now hold almost as much wealth as half of the U.S.

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