Nicolas Tenzer Explained
Nicolas Tenzer is a French civil servant, 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.[1] [2] He was a director of the Aspen Institute 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.[3]
Biography
Born in 1961, Tenzer is a graduate of the École normale supérieure (1980–1982), Sciences Po (1980–1982) and the École nationale d'administration (1984–1986). He also holds a degree in history from the University of Nanterre.[4]
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 (1991–1993).[2]
Nicolas Tenzer is a member of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[2]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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
- Web site: Comité de rédaction - LE BANQUET, la revue du CERAP . 2017-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150405051039/http://www.revue-lebanquet.com/comite-de-redaction-2/ . 2015-04-05 . dead .
- Web site: Nicolas TENZER . . 9 December 2017 .
- News: "Nicolas Tenzer" Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). 9 November 2023.
- https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nicolas-tenzer/17/906/73
- Web site: Event Highlights: The World in 20 Years – What Role for France? with Nicholas Tenzer . 26 October 2011 . Center for the Study of Europe . Boston University . 9 December 2017 .
- Web site: EU should recognise Romania as bulwark against Russian expansionism . Tenzer . Nicholas . 8 December 2016 . . Efficacité et Transparence des Acteurs Européens . 9 December 2017 .
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