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| Serge Halimi | |
|---|---|
| Name | Serge Halimi |
| Birth date | 1955 |
| Birth place | France |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, author |
| Employer | Le Monde diplomatique |
| Notable works | The End of the Americentric World (Le Grand Bond), Les Nouveaux Chiens de garde |
Serge Halimi is a French journalist, essayist, and editorialist known for his critique of neoliberalism, media concentration, and transnational influence. He has been a long-standing editorial director of Le Monde diplomatique and a prominent figure in debates involving France's press, European integration, and global policy. His work intersects with discussions around United States foreign policy, NATO, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and debates over globalization.
Born in 1955 in France, he pursued studies linking humanities and social sciences before entering journalism, engaging with institutions such as Sciences Po, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and French preparatory systems connected to École normale supérieure traditions. During his formative years he encountered intellectual currents associated with figures like Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Noam Chomsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, and debates shaped by events including the May 1968 events in France, the Vietnam War, and the rise of European Community politics.
Halimi began his career contributing to magazines and newspapers influenced by leftist and intellectual networks including Le Monde, Libération, Politis (magazine), and CQFD. He worked alongside journalists and editors connected to Jean-François Revel, Édouard Balladur, François Mitterrand, and commentators who engaged controversies such as the Iraq War, Bosnian War, and Rwandan genocide. Over decades his reportage intersected with international institutions like the United Nations, European Commission, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and private actors including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell.
As editorial director of Le Monde diplomatique, Halimi shaped the paper’s analyses on subjects ranging from United States, China, Russia, European Union, to regional conflicts such as the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Syrian Civil War, and interventions in Afghanistan. Under his leadership the publication engaged debates on media ownership involving groups like Dassault Group, Bertelsmann, Agnelli, and conglomerates including Vivendi and Murdoch. He collaborated with contributors linked to intellectual circles around Edward Said, Immanuel Wallerstein, Stuart Hall, and activists from Attac, Greenpeace, and Amnesty International.
Halimi’s major themes critique neoliberal policies promoted by entities such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and agendas associated with administrations of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Tony Blair. He is co-author or author of works that entered debates alongside books by Naomi Klein, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Thomas Piketty, and Susan George. Notable publications address media criticism, corporate power, and geopolitics, engaging titles and movements including Les Nouveaux Chiens de garde and essays that dialogued with theorists like Guy Debord and Antonio Gramsci.
Halimi’s positions align with critiques of market-driven policies advocated by figures such as Margaret Thatcher, Friedrich Hayek, and institutions like OECD. He has been associated with activist networks including Attac and public intellectuals like Bernard-Henri Lévy (in debate), Renaud Camus (in contrast), Alain Badiou, and Serge Latouche. His public interventions addressed protests and movements from Genoa, Seattle WTO protests, and European anti-austerity demonstrations responding to decisions by the European Central Bank, Greek government-debt crisis, and policy responses under leaders such as Angela Merkel and Alexis Tsipras.
Halimi has received recognition within journalistic and intellectual circles, often cited alongside laureates such as Günter Grass, Amin Maalouf, Salman Rushdie, Svetlana Alexievich, and award institutions like the Prix Médicis, Prix Goncourt, and media prizes awarded by organizations including Reporters Without Borders and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. His editorial work at Le Monde diplomatique has been acknowledged in forums connected to UNESCO debates, academic symposia at Harvard University, London School of Economics, and cultural institutions such as the Centre Pompidou.
Category:French journalists Category:French editors Category:1955 births Category:Living people