Patrice Lebon
The West, at Last in the Dock
In response to Vijay Makhan, an inquiry into the distinction between alliance, political order and Western civilisation, and the accountability of power before the law it invokes.
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The West, at Last in the Dock
In response to Vijay Makhan, an inquiry into the distinction between alliance, political order and Western civilisation, and the accountability of power before the law it invokes.
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Themis tormented and in chains; Leviathan unbound and enthroned
An examination of violence, civic trust and the legitimacy of public force in Mauritius. The essay considers the state’s responsibilities in confronting disorder and abuse, and calls for protection that is credible, accountable and just.
Le MauricienOnline article
Our Silent Taps Stand in Accusation
An essay on Mauritius’s water crisis and the continuity of public service. It proposes examining industrial waste-heat recovery for local water production, through experimentation and independent verification of results.
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Road safety in Mauritius: death at the end of our abdications
An essay on public responsibility for Mauritian road safety. Prevention, planning, sanctions and protection of road users are held to a common standard: measuring the results of public action.
Le MauricienOnline article
Mauritius and the making of an interfacial power in an age of contracted sovereignties
An extended contribution published by Menara, examining Mauritian power through Chagos, Agalega, Port Louis, trade agreements and cables. Its central question concerns the conversion of geography into capabilities and locally retained value.
MenaraOnline article
Mauritius Question Time (MQT): when the country speaks again…
A dialogue in fiction, examining citizens’ initiative and popular sovereignty through institutional satire. This editorial construction does not recount an actual parliamentary sitting.
Le MauricienOnline article
Dying by permission, or the material right of nations to say no
An examination of sovereignty’s material conditions: beyond institutions and symbols, what enables a nation to retain the effective capacity to refuse dependency?
Le MauricienOnline article
Budget 2026/27: the rule of promises called to account
A critical reading of Budget 2026/27 against its results. Debt, water, energy and purchasing power inform an inquiry into the conversion of announcements into public capacity.
Le MauricienOnline article
The oceans rise, geopolitics shifts and the unwary retreat (3/3)
The third part of a series on Indian Ocean island states. Maritime routes, infrastructure and power relations place rising waters within a strategic understanding.
Les Yeux du MondeOnline article
Budget 2026/27: towards a Mauritian state of substantial capacity
An argument for a Mauritian state capable of demonstrating the effectiveness of its action. The budget becomes an instrument for administrative transformation, expenditure scrutiny and verifiable results.
Le MauricienOnline article
The oceans rise, geopolitics shifts and the unwary retreat (2/3)
The second part of a series on Indian Ocean island states. An analysis of baselines, maritime spaces and questions of sovereignty arising from changes to the coast.
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One People, Two Commissions
An essay advocating a connection between constitutional and electoral reform. Representation of the people and the conversion of votes into seats are treated as inseparable questions.
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