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Israel: President calls for "everything" to avoid new elections

In Israel, the turnout in the parliamentary elections on Tuesday, 27 October, had not been at the highest since 1999. President Isaac Herzog urged political parties on Wednesday 28 October to "do everything" to form a government coalition and thus avoid a new election, despite the absence of a clear majority in the aftermath of the legislative elections. Alain Dieckhoff, sociologist and research director at the CERI of Sciences Po.

World

French student protests: Police impunity ‘below' the standards of a 'well-functioning democracy’

Erin Ogunkeye welcomes Dr. Antoine Marie, postdoctoral researcher, fellow and lecturer at Sciences Po / CEVIPOF, to explore the political psychology behind France’s student protests. Why do people witness the same events yet reach radically different conclusions about violence? Dr Marie examines how media echo chambers, partisan thinking and the politicization of empathy deepen polarization, making it easier to overlook the suffering of those perceived as political opponents. He also examines France’s increasingly offensive police doctrine, questions surrounding accountability, and the institu

Politics

Midterms 2026: Can electoral redistribution change Congress?

In the run-up to the mid-term elections, electoral redistributions are at the heart of the struggle between Republicans and Democrats. What impact can the "gerrymandering" have on the results and control of the House of Representatives? Decryption with Jérôme Viala-Godefroy, lecturer at Sciences Po, and Matthieu Mabin, correspondent from France 24 in Washington.

World

Blocked high schools: when student anger changes nature

The high school movement has continued for several days, with blockages in several schools in France. For Philippe Moreau-Chevrolet, professor of political communication at Sciences Po and guest of France 24, the demands of high school students are legitimate, but the mobilization is now caught up in a climate of anger and distrust, with more violent elements and attacks on the media. According to him, high school students are thus caught up in a tense political context, as the presidential elections approach.

World

'UN unable to bring peace to conflicts: We haven’t seen this level of violence in decades’

Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi is pleased to welcome Fanny Badache, Researcher at Sciences Po and Lecturer at the University of Geneva. The UN mandate is international peace and security, yet its ability to fulfill that mandate ultimately depends on the cooperation of sovereign states, namely the five powerful permanent members of the Security Council. As the UN is confronted with an increasingly fragmented, volatile and unpredictable international order, Badache argues that when those powers are divided, the mechanisms designed to enable collective security can instead produce paralysis.