JOURNALISTS IN PERIL
To help mark the 40th anniversary of Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), we held two panel discussions on November 20 at the Paris Bureau of Associated Press, focusing on Journalistes in Pril: physical & legal, censorship & financial. More than 20 people, representing the AAPA, NUJ, and RSF attend the lively discussions. The first panel, Journalists in Physical and Legal Peril, was…
TAX THE WEALTHY?
One of the most talked-about economic issues around the world in 2025 is whether creating a "wealth tax" on the very wealthy is a more effective way to balance government budgets than the current method of cutting social services and increasing taxes on the middle class. French economist Gabriel Zucman told us why he is a leading exponent of creating a wealth tax in France when he spoke with…
Jean-Marc Mojon on safety for journalists
UJean-Marc Mojon, global head of news safety for Agence France-Presse, spoke to the AAPA on October 7 -- two years to the day after Hamas attacked Israel, unleashing cataclysmic consequences for both sides. He discussed the agency's unprecedented challenges in the face of the total exclusion of foreign media from Gaza. Reporters hired locally, apart from risking their lives with more than 200…
Exhibition Celebrates Palais Garnier's 150 Years
The AAPA was offered a pre-opening tour of the exhibit celebrating 150 years of the Palais Garnier, the renowned Paris Opera house designed by Charles Garnier during the reign of Napoleon III and made famous not only by performance of such celebrated artists as Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, the Paris Opera Ballet, Ballet Russe, etc. The exhibit was mounted by the Bibliotheque Nationale de…
Gerald Knaus and his approach to migration
Gerald Knaus, founder and director of the European Security Initiative, was the AAPA's guest on a June 17 Zoom call. Knaus, who's taught at Harvard and is the author of several books, is an authoritative source on intervention in international conflicts, ethnic cleansing and, especially, immigration, which was the focus of our conversation. He advocates an approach that would reduce migration…
The Shape of European Security, Minus the U.S.
Jean-Pierre Maulny, the deputy director of the Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, a think tank, pointed up June 11 to the AAPA the need for European allies to replace key U.S. military capabilities - known as “enablers" - as Washington withdraws from the European theatre. Europe has a problem with "enablers,” he said, referring to the lack of European-built space…
Arancha Gonzalez on tariff turmoil
AAPA members met in person and on Zoom April 16 with Arancha Gonzalez, the former Spanish foreign minister who is now Dean of Sciences Po's Paris School of International Affairs. It was a timely session, and a sobering one, given the tariff turmoil that has upended transatlantic and global relations this month. Dean Gonzalez, who has also held senior positions at the United Nations and the…
Journalism Under Attack: Can We Survive?
April 4, 2025 “We are very concerned about the future of the trade… the mission of informing people, providing reliable information.” The director general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Thibaut Bruttin, sounded the alarm during a breakfast meeting with 14 members of the AAPA. The conversation covered a broad range of concerns to journalists. US President Donald Trump, of…
AAPA meets two diplomatic advisors
We were scheduled to meet with Emmanuel Bonne, President Macron’s diplomatic advisor, but he was called away at the last minute, as he often is. Instead, we got deep background briefings from two of his expert collaborators, Anne Claire Legendre, MENA advisor, and Bertrand Buchwalter, advisor on continental Europe, Ukraine and Russia. They spoke in turn, each giving a succinct presentation…
Restored Notre Dame: Traditional Function, Modern Decor
Some 40 members of the AAPA participated in an early morning guided tour of the restored Notre Dame cathedral on March 4, with Père Maxime Deurbergue and Père Guillaume Normand, vice-rector of the cathedral.
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