Renaud GirardRenaud Girard, born 25 May 1955 in New York City, is a French journalist and writer. He studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. He has worked as a war correspondent and written books about the Middle East, geopolitics and international relations. He is an advocate of political realism. One of his concepts is that of the "principal enemy" (ennemi principal), which constitutes a hierarchy of political priorities.
Félix TisserandFrançois Félix Tisserand (13 January 1845 – 20 October 1896) was a French astronomer. Tisserand was born at Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-d'Or. In 1863 he entered the École Normale Supérieure, and on leaving he went for a month as professor at the lycée at Metz. Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post in the Paris Observatory, which he entered as astronome adjoint in September 1866. In 1868 he took his doctor's degree with a thesis on Delaunay's Method, which he showed to be of much wider scope than had been contemplated by its inventor.
Henri René GuieuHenri René Guieu (19 March 1926 – 2 January 2000) was a French science fiction writer and ufologist, who published primarily with the pseudonym Jimmy Guieu. He occasionally used other pseudonyms as well, including Claude Vauzière for a young adult series, Jimmy G. Quint (with Georges Pierquin) for a number of espionage novels, Claude Rostaing for two detective novels and Dominique Verseau for six erotic novels. Guieu was one of the authors published by Fleuve Noir company's Anticipation science fiction imprint.
8D Technologies8D Technologies was a Canadian company that developed bicycle-sharing systems and automated parking management systems. It merged with Motivate in 2017. 8D Technologies was founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1996, by CTO Jean-Sébastien Bettez. Initially a professional services firm, the company shifted its focus towards the product market in 2000 when Jean-Sébastien's sister, Isabelle Bettez, joined 8D and became its CEO.
Institut d'études politiques de StrasbourgSciences Po Strasbourg - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg -(Sciences Po Strasbourg , abbreviated IEP Strasbourg) is a Grande école located in Strasbourg, France. It was founded on October 9, 1945, with the IEP Paris (Sciences Po Paris). Since January 1, 2009, it is part of University of Strasbourg, the second largest university in France. Its current director is Jean-Philippe Heurtin . Sciences Po institutes are Grandes Écoles, a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system.
Politique internationalePolitique internationale is a quarterly French political affairs magazine covering international relations based in Paris, France. Politique internationale was established by Patrick Wajsman in 1978. The headquarters is in Paris. It has published interviews with leaders both from France and the rest of the world. It organizes eight to ten Breakfast Round Tables a year, bringing together members of the editorial board and a guest of honor. It also publishes Special Reports written in several languages.
Honoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac (ˈbælzæk , more commonly USˈbɔːl- , ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature.
Grenoble Institute of Political StudiesThe Grenoble Institute of Political Studies (French: Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble, IEP), also known as Sciences Po Grenoble, is a French "grande école" of political science and more broadly of social sciences located in the campus of the University of Grenoble in Grenoble, France. It is administratively a subsidiary of the Université Grenoble Alpes. The Institut d'études politiques of Grenoble was founded in 1948 on the model of Sciences Po Paris with the mission of providing France with public and private sector executives as well as specialists in the different fields of the social sciences.
Alsace-Lorraine Independent Brigade (France)The Alsace-Lorraine Independent Brigade (Brigade indépendente Alsace-Lorraine, or BIAL), usually known as the Alsace-Lorraine Brigade or sometimes as the Brigade Malraux, was a French Forces of the Interior (FFI) unit that fought alongside regular French Army forces in World War II during the closing months of 1944 and early 1945. Formed in September 1944 by André Malraux, the brigade comprised approximately 1,000 men organized into three battalions named for the cities of Metz, Mulhouse, and Strasbourg.
Théâtre de la MichodièreThe Théâtre de la Michodière is a theatre building and performing arts venue, located at 4 bis, rue de La Michodière in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Built by Auguste Bluysen in 1925 in Art Deco style, it has a tradition of showing boulevard theatre. On the site of the Hotel de Lorge, sold in lots, the rue de la Michodiere opened in 1778. Around the place where the Gaillon gate stood at the enclosure of Louis XIII, in 1925, the architect Auguste Bluysen built a theatre in the Art Deco style.
