Richard Ogier
Richard Ogier is an Australian journalist and consultant based in Munich. He is a former Australian Embassy press attaché in Paris.
Opinion
National security
Australia may have trashed a relationship it honours every Anzac Day on the Somme
The nation’s dealings with France were built on trust and confidence.
- by Richard Ogier
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ANALYSIS
Opinion
Emmanuel Macron's election will change Europe
Europe needs leaders, like the new French president, who believe in the ideals that unite the continent.
- by Richard Ogier
COMMENT
Opinion
Emmanuel Macron is the moderate revolutionary France needs
It's a quarter to midnight on France's reform clock, with populists poised to wreak havoc.
- by Richard Ogier
COMMENT
Germany
The far right after Trump and Berlin: it's time to call a spade a spade
One of the lessons to be drawn from the ugly Berlin truck attack is that things must be called by their name, even when half-masked and crouching in corners.
- by Richard Ogier
COMMENT
Opinion
Will France be wooed by right-wing populist Marine Le Pen, like US and Donald Trump?
After the stupefying Brexit-Trump sequence, and the Italian referendum result, could far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen win next year's presidential elections in France?
- by Richard Ogier
ANALYSIS
France
Summer of fear: Nicolas Sarkozy the cause of France's woes, not the solution
France can have more cameras and more police, but until the real challenges are addressed, more security will remain a distant hope.
- by Richard Ogier
ANALYSIS
Germany
Munich shooting rattles German calm despite lack of Islamist threat
Terrorism's idiocy defies rational appraisal but Germany has been somewhat immune to radicalism of the Islamic variety.
- by Richard Ogier
Brexit: Not all of Europe wants Britain to stay in the union
Might Brexit be a good thing for Europe? There's a comic wrinkle in watching the British Remain campaign translate the argument that Brexit would be devastating for Europe, when Europe itself is not so sure.
- by Richard Ogier
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/by/richard-ogier-p535uk