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In this episode, host Alison Sargent welcomes Dr. Andrew Smith, Historian of Modern France and Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London, to discuss the Bougival Agreement in New Caledonia. Dr. Smith offers a critical assessment of the accord, highlighting the complex colonial legacy, political plurality, and pervasive mistrust shaping its reception. While the agreement recognizes an autonomous state within France, it simultaneously embeds mechanisms of control, reigniting fears among the Indigenous Kanak population of political marginalization and stalled sovereignty.
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