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+ | |description=French neoconservative academic and media pundit. | ||
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+ | |birth_date=23 September 1950 | ||
|birth_place=Paris, France | |birth_place=Paris, France | ||
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− | |alma_mater=École Normale Supérieure | + | |alma_mater=Lycée Louis-le-Grand,Lycée Paul-Valéry,École Normale Supérieure |
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+ | |title=Chair for International Relations | ||
+ | |start=1992 | ||
+ | |end=1998 | ||
+ | |employer=Interarmy College of Defense | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
+ | |title=Editorialist | ||
+ | |start=1982 | ||
+ | |end=1992 | ||
+ | |employer=Libération | ||
+ | |description=Bilderberger | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
+ | |title=Editorial advisor | ||
+ | |start=2002 | ||
+ | |end=2023 | ||
+ | |employer=Le Figaro | ||
+ | |description=Supported 2003 invasion of Iraq. Attended [[Bilderberg/2002]]. | ||
+ | }}{{job | ||
+ | |title=Teacher | ||
+ | |start=1978 | ||
+ | |end=1989 | ||
+ | |employer=University of Paris VIII | ||
+ | |description=Bilderberger | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | '''Alexandre Adler''' was a French [[neoconservative]] historian, journalist and [[expert]] of contemporary geopolitics, the former [[USSR]], and the [[Middle East]]. He attended the [[2002 Bilderberg meeting]]. | ||
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+ | A [[maoism|Maoist]] in his youth and then a member of the [[French Communist Party|Communist Party]] (PCF), he shifted to the right at the end of the 1970s and later became close to U.S. [[neoconservative]]s, as did his wife [[Blandine Kriegel]], and supported the invasions of [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]]. Adler was the counsellor of [[Roger Cukiermann]], chairman of the [[Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France]] (CRIF, Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France). | ||
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+ | ==Education== | ||
+ | Born in 1950 in [[Paris]] into a German-Jewish family, which survived [[World War II]], Adler was a history graduate of the [[École normale supérieure]] (1969–1974). | ||
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+ | ==Career== | ||
+ | After working with the French daily ''[[Libération]]'' (1982–1992), Adler went on to become editorial director of ''[[Courrier International]]'' (1992–2002), a weekly selection of significant articles from the international press. | ||
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+ | Adler worked as an editorialist for the French daily paper ''[[Le Monde]]'' and worked with several French weeklies, including ''[[Le Point]]'' and ''[[L'Express]]''. He sat on the editorial board of the conservative French daily ''[[Le Figaro]]''.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/news/europa-chirac-bends-to-china-keeping-gaullist-legacy.html</ref> | ||
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+ | An academic specializing in the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Eastern Europe]], Alexandre Adler taught successively at the [[University of Paris VIII]], at the [[ESCP Business School]] and was subsequently seconded to higher military education. He directed the chair for International Relations of France's Ministry of Defense Interarmy College of Defense (1992–1998) where he remained a professor of higher military learning.<ref name=":0">http://evene.lefigaro.fr/celebre/biographie/alexandre-adler-15947.php </ref> | ||
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+ | Alexandre Adler died in Paris on 18 July 2023, aged 72.<ref>https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/07/18/le-journaliste-et-historien-alexandre-adler-est-mort_6182519_3382.html</ref> | ||
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+ | ==Freemasonry== | ||
+ | A freemason, he was initiated into the [[French National Grand Lodge]] in [[1996]]<ref>http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-politique/les-nouveaux-francs-macons/917/0/220316</ref> in the Lodge "The Lyre and Eleazar", left it and joined the [[Grand Lodge of France]] before also leaving it in [[2015]] to join the [[Grand Lodge of Cultures and Spirituality]] where he had reached the 33rd degree. | ||
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+ | ==Positions== | ||
+ | Adler was one of the rare French intellectuals to defend [[George W. Bush]]'s candidacy against [[Al Gore]] during the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]]. | ||
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+ | He regularly denounced the "simplism" that the media and some French intellectuals show towards the [[United States]], he supported the American wars in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]] of 2001 and 2003. He also said [[Pakistan]] was a country "at war with the United States" following the attacks of September 11, 2001<ref>https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2005/06/REYMOND/12563</ref>. | ||
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+ | He has described the movement against economic globalization as an "enemy of freedom". His positions have sometimes led to polemics, such as his qualification of [[France Inter]] radio journalist [[Daniel Mermet]] as a "[[Leonid Brezhnev|Brezhnev]]ian journalist," head of ''[[Politis (France)|Politis]]'' newspaper [[Bernard Langlois]] as a "repugnant journalist" (''journaliste répugnant'') and [[Rony Brauman]], former president of [[Médecins Sans Frontières]] France as a "Jewish traitor" because of his criticisms of Israel and the US' policies. | ||
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+ | He supported the "yes" vote in the [[2005 referendum on the European Constitution]]: | ||
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+ | {{QB}The battle for the 'yes' vote will obviously be, under these conditions, the great battle for the freedom of our continent, and I hope the great defeat of all those [[anti-globalists]] who have both the candor and the impudence to declare themselves "anti-liberal", let's just say enemies of liberty.<ref>Le Figaro, 20 octobre 2004</ref>}} | ||
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+ | The win of the 'no' campaign in the referendum was ignored subverted by the deep state, which pretended it didn't happen, and wrote multiple new EU-treaties. | ||
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+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
+ | Adler was the author of ''J'ai vu finir le monde ancien'' (''I Witnessed the End of the Ancient World'', 2001), a geopolitical analysis of the consequences of the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, ''L'odyssée américaine'' (''The American Odyssey'', 2004), a historical reflection on American politics refuting the commonplace notion of the "American empire", and ''Rendez-vous avec l'Islam'' (''Encounter with Islam'', 2005), an analysis of [[Islam]]'s return as a historical actor on the world scene.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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Born | 23 September 1950 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 July 2023 (Age 72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethnicity | Jewish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Paul-Valéry, École Normale Supérieure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Blandine Kriegel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Bosphorus Institute, Trilateral Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interests | geopolitics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French neoconservative academic and media pundit.
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Alexandre Adler was a French neoconservative historian, journalist and expert of contemporary geopolitics, the former USSR, and the Middle East. He attended the 2002 Bilderberg meeting.
A Maoist in his youth and then a member of the Communist Party (PCF), he shifted to the right at the end of the 1970s and later became close to U.S. neoconservatives, as did his wife Blandine Kriegel, and supported the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Adler was the counsellor of Roger Cukiermann, chairman of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF, Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France).
Contents
Education
Born in 1950 in Paris into a German-Jewish family, which survived World War II, Adler was a history graduate of the École normale supérieure (1969–1974).
Career
After working with the French daily Libération (1982–1992), Adler went on to become editorial director of Courrier International (1992–2002), a weekly selection of significant articles from the international press.
Adler worked as an editorialist for the French daily paper Le Monde and worked with several French weeklies, including Le Point and L'Express. He sat on the editorial board of the conservative French daily Le Figaro.[1]
An academic specializing in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Alexandre Adler taught successively at the University of Paris VIII, at the ESCP Business School and was subsequently seconded to higher military education. He directed the chair for International Relations of France's Ministry of Defense Interarmy College of Defense (1992–1998) where he remained a professor of higher military learning.[2]
Alexandre Adler died in Paris on 18 July 2023, aged 72.[3]
Freemasonry
A freemason, he was initiated into the French National Grand Lodge in 1996[4] in the Lodge "The Lyre and Eleazar", left it and joined the Grand Lodge of France before also leaving it in 2015 to join the Grand Lodge of Cultures and Spirituality where he had reached the 33rd degree.
Positions
Adler was one of the rare French intellectuals to defend George W. Bush's candidacy against Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election.
He regularly denounced the "simplism" that the media and some French intellectuals show towards the United States, he supported the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq of 2001 and 2003. He also said Pakistan was a country "at war with the United States" following the attacks of September 11, 2001[5].
He has described the movement against economic globalization as an "enemy of freedom". His positions have sometimes led to polemics, such as his qualification of France Inter radio journalist Daniel Mermet as a "Brezhnevian journalist," head of Politis newspaper Bernard Langlois as a "repugnant journalist" (journaliste répugnant) and Rony Brauman, former president of Médecins Sans Frontières France as a "Jewish traitor" because of his criticisms of Israel and the US' policies.
He supported the "yes" vote in the 2005 referendum on the European Constitution:
{{QB}The battle for the 'yes' vote will obviously be, under these conditions, the great battle for the freedom of our continent, and I hope the great defeat of all those anti-globalists who have both the candor and the impudence to declare themselves "anti-liberal", let's just say enemies of liberty.[6]}}
The win of the 'no' campaign in the referendum was ignored subverted by the deep state, which pretended it didn't happen, and wrote multiple new EU-treaties.
Bibliography
Adler was the author of J'ai vu finir le monde ancien (I Witnessed the End of the Ancient World, 2001), a geopolitical analysis of the consequences of the September 11 attacks in 2001, L'odyssée américaine (The American Odyssey, 2004), a historical reflection on American politics refuting the commonplace notion of the "American empire", and Rendez-vous avec l'Islam (Encounter with Islam, 2005), an analysis of Islam's return as a historical actor on the world scene.[2]
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2003 | 15 May 2003 | 18 May 2003 | France Versailles | The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France |
References
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/news/europa-chirac-bends-to-china-keeping-gaullist-legacy.html
- ↑ a b http://evene.lefigaro.fr/celebre/biographie/alexandre-adler-15947.php
- ↑ https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2023/07/18/le-journaliste-et-historien-alexandre-adler-est-mort_6182519_3382.html
- ↑ http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-politique/les-nouveaux-francs-macons/917/0/220316
- ↑ https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2005/06/REYMOND/12563
- ↑ Le Figaro, 20 octobre 2004