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Europe on the Brink: Iran, Macron's Nuclear Stakes & the Fracturing Atlantic Alliance Professor Annelise Riles and I break down about the America-Iran war, a divided European response to the crisis, and Macron's nuclear gamble

Professor Annelise Riles and I break down the America-Iran war, a divided European response to the crisis, and Macron's nuclear gamble

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I just learned that geriatric means 35+ and I think I need to sit down

Join me and Prof. Annelise Riles to discuss Trump igniting the Middle East with his war on Iran, Europe struggling to respond coherently, and Emmanuel Macron’s declaration that France will increase its nuclear stockpile.

13:30 ET / 18:30 GMT / 19:30 CET

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Ireland are apparently so unhappy about their 2026 Six Nations run that they took revenge on the trophy 👀

🇫🇷Emmanuel Macron’s speech on the future of French Nuclear force:

« Anyone who wants to attack France knows the price they will have to pay »

If I recall correctly, this information will no longer be made public

There will be absolutely no peace whatsoever for those who attack Europe

« Will France protect Europe with its nuclear forces ? »

Emmanuel Macron just announced that France will increase its nuclear stockpile

Trump's ambassador blocked by Paris, and Mélenchon falls into a political hole after far-left violence Paris briefly froze access for Trump’s envoy after a provocative embassy intervention, as new polling shows Mélenchon’s LFI haemorrhaging legitimacy amid violence backlash

This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷

🇺🇸Trumps Diplomat Kushner blocked from government meetings in Paris
⬇️La France Insoumise is in deep trouble following far-left violence

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Trump's ambassador blocked by Paris, and Mélenchon falls into a political hole after far-left violence Paris briefly froze access for Trump’s envoy after a provocative embassy intervention, as new polling shows Mélenchon’s LFI haemorrhaging legitimacy amid violence backlash

This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷

🇺🇸Trumps Diplomat Kushner blocked from government meetings in Paris
⬇️La France Insoumise is in deep trouble following far-left violence

www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/france-blo...

US and Israel strike Iran as Netanyahu says ‘many signs’ Khamenei ‘no longer alive’ Tehran carries out extensive retaliatory strikes on Israel and US air bases as region is plunged into fresh conflict

“There are many signs that [Khamenei] is no longer alive,” Netanyahu said on Saturday evening.

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Quentin Deranque Case in Lyon: Seven Arrested, LFI Under Pressure, Macron and Merz Respond to Trump Tariffs A homicide investigation in Lyon, mounting political pressure on La France Insoumise, and a growing EU pushback after Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷

🚓Seven arrested for Quentin Deranque murder
💬La France Insoumise losing ground in the Quentin D. case
🇪🇺Macron and Merz call for joint response to Trump tariffs

www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/quentin-de...

Quentin Deranque Case in Lyon: Seven Arrested, LFI Under Pressure, Macron and Merz Respond to Trump Tariffs A homicide investigation in Lyon, mounting political pressure on La France Insoumise, and a growing EU pushback after Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷

🚓Seven arrested for Quentin Deranque murder
💬La France Insoumise losing ground in the Quentin D. case
🇪🇺Macron and Merz call for joint response to Trump tariffs

www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/quentin-de...

Brave of this scammer to assume he can shame a Frenchman over his porn usage

Brave of this scammer to assume he can shame a Frenchman over his porn usage

Once again, Emmanuel Macron is right.

That’s not how mandates from the European Council work, and this reeks of VDL trying to be clever

The Board of Peace is a mess, and Ursula Von der Leyen got us involved in this Trumpian stupidity for absolutely no reason.

The Pitt is such a great tv show, how on earth did it take me so long to watch it, god damn.

I’m sorry for you Welsh fans

What the hell are Wales doing? 👀👀👀👀👀 #GuinessM6N

Niger “prepares for war” with France as political violence escalates in Lyon From Niamey’s anti-French rhetoric and Russian disinformation to the killing of a far-right activist in Lyon and Valérie Pécresse’s bid to reshape the French right.

This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷

🇳🇪Niger prepares for war with France
⚖️ Far-right activist killed by far-left
🤝Pécresse calls for primary for right and centre

www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/niger-fran...

Russian Disinformation Targets Macron as French Prosecutors Move Against Elon Musk’s X From the Storm-1516 propaganda operation to raids on Musk’s Paris offices, France confronts disinformation, platform abuse, and democratic destabilisation

This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷

🇷🇺Operation Storm-1516 targets Emmanuel Macron
🚓Musk’s Paris offices raided before Paris Prosecutor summons

www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/russian-di...

Shinzo Abe was a different breed of politician

Russian Disinformation Targets Macron as French Prosecutors Move Against Elon Musk’s X From the Storm-1516 propaganda operation to raids on Musk’s Paris offices, France confronts disinformation, platform abuse, and democratic destabilisation

This week in the French Dispatch 🇫🇷

🇷🇺Operation Storm-1516 targets Emmanuel Macron
🚓Musk’s Paris offices raided before Paris Prosecutor summons

www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/russian-di...

It’s entirely real

Donald Trump and his supporters are just racist assholes.

We need a federal Europe.

To clarify: prosecutors* not government