Politics – Le Dragon Déchaîné

Coalition-forming in the 20th Bundestag

Article by first-year Sciences Po undergraduate student Yiyang Fang; republished from Sciences Political Review.

Au Havre, Edouard Philippe prend le large

Par Mathys Dufresnoy

Si l’ancien premier ministre et maire du Havre Edouard Philippe s’était fait discret ces derniers mois, il l’était beaucoup moins le 9 octobre dernier au Carré des Docks.

On Engaging the Taliban: In Conversation with Robert Kluijver (Part 2/2)

This article is the second in a series of dialogue with Robert Kluijver (link to Part 1: https://ledragondechaine.com/2021/10/28/on-engaging-the-taliban-in-conversation-with-robert-kluijver-part-1-2/), Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po. A research analyst of conflict and post-conflict situations, Kluijver spent more than a decade in Afghanistan, and has conducted extensive field work in Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan’s tribal territories and Tajikistan. He is currently working on his PhD at Sciences Po on failed state building in Somalia.

The interview, conducted by Samaya Anjum, Lead Editor of Le Dragon Déchaîné, is in response to his policy paper published on 1 September, titled “On Engaging the Taliban”.

On Engaging the Taliban: In Conversation with Robert Kluijver (Part 1/2)

Please note that the interview will be followed by a fundraiser for the cause of mobilizing a national dialogue in Afghanistan, in which the readers of Le Dragon Déchaîné are encouraged to participate. More information to be released shortly.

“Make Taiwan Great Again”

After Trump moved out of the White House and the MAGA slogan began to lose its media coverage in the US, a senior media personality in Taiwan, Jaw Shaw-kong, adapted the slogan into “Make Taiwan Great Again” to declare his return to Taiwanese politics by rejoining the Kuomintang (KMT), a possible move for the both the presidency of the party and of Taiwan.