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Nicolas Tenzer

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Nicolas Tenzer
Nicolas Tenzer
Born (1961-02-25) 25 February 1961 (age 63)
Paris, France
EducationLycée Janson-de-Sailly
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure
Sciences Po, ÉNA
Occupation(s)Political scientist
Writer

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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Comité de rédaction - LE BANQUET, la revue du CERAP". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Nicolas TENZER". College of Europe. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ ""Nicolas Tenzer" Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)". Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/nicolas-tenzer/17/906/73 [self-published source]
  5. ^ "Event Highlights: The World in 20 Years – What Role for France? with Nicholas Tenzer". Center for the Study of Europe. Boston University. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  6. ^ Tenzer, Nicholas (8 December 2016). "EU should recognise Romania as bulwark against Russian expansionism". Euractiv. Efficacité et Transparence des Acteurs Européens. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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