On June 8th, 2023, the Israeli military raided Ramallah in the West Bank. Khaled Abu Qare was out in the streets.

He was used to the regular presence of the Israeli military during his time in East Jerusalem. But when he lived in Ramallah, just 18 kilometers away, he found himself unprepared for the raids.

That is why when Khaled heard that the Israeli army was raiding his hometown, he decided to go out and document the events. Clashes erupted. Stun grenades and tear gas were fired. Many were injured. Amidst the chaos, Khaled Abu Qare did not sleep.

Our guests :

• Khaled Abu Qare, student at Sciences Po Paris and Palestinian activist

• Gallagher Fenwick, journalist

• Laura-Maï Gaveriaux, reporter specializing in the Middle East and a correspondent for Le Parisien newspaper

• Damien Simonneau, Senior lecturer of political science at INALCO
  

This episode was directed, written and produced by Michal Kubala, Aarushi Srivastava, Flavia Bevilacqua, and Cyrille Amoursky under the supervision of Lorraine Besse.

Music: Theo Boulenger

✒ Illustration: Marine Coutroutsios

💡Based on an original idea Alice Antheaume

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On July 12th 1998 France won the world cup. 3:0 against Brazil, and on top of that, in the home stadium in Paris. It was a night of ecstatic celebration for all of France. This episode of “The Night I Didn’t Sleep” recreates the events of this night which would go down in the history books. But with the French national team being more diverse than ever before, this world cup was more than just a sporting event: It was political.

So what were the deeper implications of this historic win? How did it shape France's societal narrative and political landscape? Delve into the intertwining of sport and politics on that unforgettable, sleepless July night, revealing the lasting impact it had on French identity and unity.

Our guests :

• Maxime Dupuis, the deputy Editor in Chief of Eurosport

• Hermann Ebongué, the secretary general of SOS Racisme

• Yvan Gastaut, historian specialized in immigration in France and its relationship to sport.

This episode was written, directed and produced by İlayda Habip, Julia Rougié, Ioana Plesea, Mascha Wolf under the supervision of Lorraine Besse. English Dub: Cyrille Amoursky, Edoardo Gaggi, Michal Kubala, Luca Matteucci

Music: Théo Boulenger

✒ Illustration: Marine Coutroutsios

💡Based on an original idea Alice Antheaume

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On April 21, 2002, an earthquake shook France. The far right made it to the second round of the presidential election. It was a first in the Fifth Republic's history and the surprise was total. It triggered an unprecedented mobilization. Embodied in the person of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far right frightened the French people, who massively rallied between the two rounds.

21 years on, French people have not forgotten that night when the cards were reshuffled and political life almost turned upside down. In this podcast, we talked to several people who were deeply affected by that night in April 2002. It left an indelible mark in their minds, and was a pivotal moment in their relationship with politics.

Our guests:

• Nonna Mayer, CNRS researcher and specialist on the far right in France

• Béatrice Gurrey, senior reporter at Le Monde, in charge of political news

• Guillaume Baudet, RPR activist during the 2002 presidential campaign

• Sarah Kerrich, PS national secretary for the fight against the far right

This episode was written, directed and produced by Cristina Coellen, Juliette Laffont and Sarah Miansoni, under the supervision of Lorraine Besse.

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December 12th, 2015. The newly adopted Paris Agreement makes headlines across the world. 196 delegations managed to adopt a legally binding agreement to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees celsius. It was a diplomatic success that left its mark on the people who participated.

Alexandre Ziegler, chief of staff of the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who presided over COP21, and Paul Watkinson, chief negotiator for the French delegation, recount the final days before the adoption of the Paris Agreement, along with Pauline Boyer, a climate activist who demonstrated during the conference.

For all of them, there was one constant during COP21: little to no sleep.

How do you get 196 delegations from around the world to agree on one document? What kept the negotiators up at night? How do you write up an international agreement when you've barely had a wink of sleep?

Our guests:

• Pauline Boyer, a climate activist, ecofeminist, co-author of the Manifesto for Non-Violence, currently in charge of the energy and nuclear transition campaign for Greenpeace, and editor of the magazine Alternatives Non-Violentes.

• Paul Watkinson, currently Advisor to the Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the UAE, contributing to the preparation of COP28, he was also Chief Negotiator and Head of the Climate Negotiations Team for the French Ministry of Ecological Transition.

• Alexandre Ziegler, French civil servant and diplomat. Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016, French Ambassador to India from 2016 to 2019, he has been Safran's Director of International Group and Institutional Relations in France since 2019.

This episode was written, directed and produced by Morgane Anneix, Luca Matteucci and Aurore Laborie, under the supervision of Lorraine Besse.

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On April 23rd, 2013, France legalised same-sex marriage. The adoption of this law followed several long days and sleepless nights of debates in Parliament, making it the seventh longest-debated law in the Fifth Republic in France. Ten years later, this episode of national history has left its mark on French society, mainly due to the fierce opposition it unleashed, both in the Assembly and in the streets.

How did deputies experience the unending debates that stretched into sleepless nights? How did homosexual people live through the verbal and political violence provoked by the bill? What did everyone feel when the law was finally voted?

Our guests:

• Dominique Bertinotti, the then Minister of the Family,

• Alain Vidalies, Minister of Relationships with Parliament

• Benoist Apparu, one of the few opposition deputies who voted for the law.
  

We also turned to those whose lives the law has changed, listening to Anne, Gilbert et Benino, who married shortly after the law. And to Emmanuelle Yvert, a sociologist specialized in the mobilizations in favor of the recognition of homoparental families in France.

This episode was produced by Elitsa Gadeva, Lise Kiennemann, Maëlle Lions-Geollot, and Amanda Mayo. Our editor-in-chief was Lorraine Besse.

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Almost two years ago Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which destroyed tens of cities and killed thousands of civilians. But the war didn’t start on February 24th 2022 — it started 9 years ago.

In November 2013, a popular uprising known as the Euromaidan revolution erupted after Ukraine’s government traded an EU agreement for closer ties with Russia.

Two pivotal bloody nights in February 2014 changed Ukraine's future. One night protesters clashed with security forces in the streets in hopes to change course by force. The second night, European negotiators mediated peace talks in hopes to change course by peace.

The outcome was different to what anyone could have imagined.

Our guests:

• Jan Tombinski, then EU ambassador to Ukraine;

• Serhiy Kibnovskyi, a retired veteran who defended the Maidan square against security forces;

• Olexiy Haran, one of the members of the Council of Maidan, who represented the protestors;

• Olga Salo, a Euromaidan activist who lost a friend on one of the two pivotal bloody nights.

  
  

This episode was produced by Margaux Farran, Agatha Gorski, Katarzyna Skiba and Bilge Kotan, under the supervision of Lorraine Besse.

Photo credits : Viacheslav Ratynskyi

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What goes on in the heads of leaders faced with the world's major challenges? What keeps them up at night? How do they fall asleep when they have so much responsibility? How do they get to sleep when there is so much at stake? What gives them insomnia?

International leaders and decision makers are invited into the studios of the Sciences Po School of Journalism. We believe that students will be able to hear their voice and be inspired now and in the future.

The interview is led by students from the Journalism and International Affairs programme at Sciences Po's School of Journalism and PSIA Sciences Po, with the coordination of professional journalists and teachers.

What keeps you up at night? is a podcast based on an original idea by Alice Antheaume.

This episode was produced by Margaux Farran, Agatha Gorski, Katarzyna Skiba and Bilge Kotan, under the supervision of Lorraine Besse.

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Louise Mushikiwabo is the 4th Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). Previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda from 2009 to 2018. She also served as Government Spokesperson. She had previously been Minister of Information.

🔈📣What goes on in the heads of leaders faced with the world's major challenges? What keeps them up at night? How do they fall asleep when they have so much responsibility? How do they get to sleep when there is so much at stake? What gives them insomnia?

✨ International leaders and decision makers are invited into the studios of the Sciences Po Journalism school. The interview is led by students from the Journalism and International Affairs program at Sciences Po Journalism school and PSIA, with the coordination of professional journalists.

#upatnight is #ScPodcast based on an original idea by Alice Antheaume

Production: Louie Média

Journalists: Marie Naudascher and Marine Séhan

Student journalists: Morgane Anneix, Lola Lopez Lungo, Michal Kubala et Sarah Miansoni

Mixage : Dimitri Borit

Music: Théo Boulenger

Illustration: Marine Coutroutsios

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