France is a pivotal country of the Euro-centric imagination. We have seen France as the country next to Great Britain in its trials to colonize different parts of the world. So, France has been an important political force, more or less always. This is why…

New York has always been a city of dreams for many, over the years. With films like Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Woody Allen’s Manhattan, this dream has become more and more widespread. It is the center of American finance and economy on one hand….