Nicolas Tenzer is a French

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, academic, writer, and editor. He was the editor of the journal ''Le Banquet'' (1992-2015) and is the founding president of the Centre d’étude et de réflexion pour l’action politique (CERAP), a position he has held since 1986. He was a director of the

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from 2010 to 2015 and has acted as its treasurer and president. He is also a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, D.C.

Biography

Born in 1961, Tenzer is a graduate of the École normale supérieure (1980–1982),

Sciences Po , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , a ...

(1980–1982) and the École nationale d'administration (1984–1986). He also holds a degree in history from the

University of Nanterre Paris Nanterre University (French: ''Université Paris Nanterre''), formerly Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Paris, France. It is one of the most prestigious French universities, ma ...

. He has taught political philosophy at Sciences Po (1986–2004) and since 2014 he is teaching there Science of Government (Master of International Governance and Diplomacy). As a civil servant, Tenzer is the former head of the Commissariat général du Plan (1994–2002), a former member of the staff of France's minister of Economy and Finance (1987–1988), and a former rapporteur at the

Cour des comptes The ''Cour des Comptes'' ("Court of Accounts") is France's supreme audit institution, under French law an administrative court. As such, it is independent from the legislative and executive branches of the French Government. However, the 1946 and ...

(1991–1993). Nicolas Tenzer is a member of the

Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

and the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

Views

Tenzer has stated seeks a middle path between two opposing viewpoints on French power: that France's status as a power and its role in world affairs are declining, and that France's role in world affairs is increasing. In a 2016 article for online policy platform '' Euractiv'', Tenzer stated that the EU should focus on Romania, who he claimed was the last country in Eastern Europe with a pro-European leader.

Publications

* ''La région en quête d'avenir'' (La Documentation française, 1986). *''La crise africaine : quelle politique de coopération pour la France ?'' (with Franck Magnard, PUF, 1988) * ''La société dépolitisée'' (PUF, 1990). *''Un projet éducatif pour la France'' (ed., CERAP, PUF, 1991). *''Le Spermatozoïde hors la loi : de la bioéthique à la biopolitique'' (with Franck Magnard, Calmann-Lévy, 1991). *''La politique'' (PUF, Que sais-je ?, 1991). *''Les élites et la fin de la démocratie française'' (with Rodolphe Delacrois, PUF, 1992). * ''La République'' (PUF, Que sais-je ?, 1993) * ''Philosophie politique'' (PUF, 1994, 2nd edition, 1998) * ''Histoire des doctrines politiques en France'' (PUF, Que sais-je ?, 1996) * ''Le tombeau de Machiavel: De la corruption intellectuelle de la politique'' (Flammarion, 1997) * ''La face cachée du gaullisme: De Gaulle ou l’introuvable tradition politique'' (Hachette littératures, 1998) * ''Les valeurs des Modernes: Réflexions sur l’écroulement politique du nouveau siècle'' (Flammarion, 2003) * ''France : la réforme impossible ?'' (Flammarion, 2004). *''De l'esprit de décision. Contre l'approximation politique'' (with Michel de Fabiani, Gualino, 2006). *''Faut-il sauver le libéralisme ?'' (with Monique Canto-Sperber, Grasset, 2006). * ''Pour une nouvelle philosophie politique'' (PUF, 2007) * ''Quand la France disparaît du monde'' (Grasset, 2008, 3rd edition 2010) * ''Le Monde à l'horizon 2030: La règle et le désordre'' (Perrin 2011) * ''La fin du malheur français'' ? ''Pour un nouveau devoir politique'' (Stock 2011) * ''La France a besoin des autres'' (Plon 2012) *''Resisting Despair in Confrontational Times'' (with Ramin Jahanbegloo, Har-Anand Publications, 2019) *''Notre Guerre. Le crime et l'oubli : pour une pensée stratégique'' (Editions de l'Observatoire, 2024)
The Road to Chişinău: The European Political Community
Report (CEPA, 2023)
Macron Signals a Transformation in Security Policy
(CEPA, 2023)
NATO's Summit Fails Ukraine
(CEPA, 2023)
Without the United States, Europe Is Lost
(CEPA, 2023)
Security Expert urges NATO and EU action in Ukraine: a call for increased support and strategic measures
(dniprotoday.com, 2023)

References

External links

Personal website
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