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![Vivienne Walt](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bfc5eeb095d22a8/69888c04524fc0f834df749c/vivienne-walt.jpeg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Vivienne Walt


Vivienne Walt lives in Paris and has written for TIME since 2003, from dozens of countries around the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.


![Vivienne Walt](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5bfc5eeb095d22a8/69888c04524fc0f834df749c/vivienne-walt.jpeg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Vivienne Walt


Articles225Collections11

* ![U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e4de1d0f8e5b5d3/6998cc531f670901cdf57055/kushner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 17, 2025  
### [Charles Kushner on Antisemitism in France](https://time.com/7340978/charles-kushner-antisemitism-france-interview/)  
Ambassador Charles Kushner spoke to TIME France about what he thinks is missing in the French respon...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Luxembourg Celebrates National Day - Day Two](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52a1861f84fe3280/6998ca5b7323afd94c2bce7d/GettyImages-2221654231.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 3, 2025  
### [Inside Luxembourg’s Palace as Guillaume Readies to Take the Throne](https://time.com/7322812/luxembourg-guillaume-duke-henri-royal/)  
As Luxembourg crowns its new sovereign, Grand Duke Guillaume opens up about duty, inequality, and wh...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![A group of divers swim with a sandbar shark off Jupiter, Florida on Feb. 24, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf442e9fe6f8d1e2e/6998c78a83ec37b186c7ab02/movie-jaws-impact-shark-marine-conservation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 16, 2025  
### [How Jaws Wreaked Havoc on Marine Conservation](https://time.com/7294556/how-jaws-wreaked-havoc-on-marine-conservation/)  
50 years after the film's release, swimmer and ocean advocate Lewis Pugh reflects on the impact Jaws...  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)
* ![Some AI startups are trying to track and limit overfishing.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf51ebc766a27d170/6998c76ee1ba00eb3098da60/ai-ocean-conservation-marine-plastic-pollution-overfishing-solutions-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2025  
### [How AI Can Help Save Our Oceans](https://time.com/7293216/how-ai-can-help-save-our-oceans/)  
Startups are using AI to tackle everything from pollution to overfishing.  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)
* ![France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot addresses the audience during a plenary session on the second day of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France, on June 10, 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd9dc495a494d497/6998c76607a30dcf8e77d149/jean-noel-barrot-french-foreign-minister-oceans-climate-trump-ukraine-gaza-europe-future.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 10, 2025  
### [French Foreign Minister: World Is Looking to Europe to ‘Resist’](https://time.com/7292963/jean-noel-barrot-interview-france-oceans-trump/)  
Jean-Noël Barrot speaks to TIME about ocean conservation, Trump, and the future of multilateralism.  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
* ![France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech ahead of the third U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice, on June 8, 2025.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc5d40f717558e3a/6998c751e1ba0012fc98da14/un-ocean-conference-2025-whats-at-stake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2025  
### [What's At Stake As Leaders Gather At U.N. Oceans Conference](https://time.com/7292295/whats-at-stake-un-global-ocean-conference/)  
The U.S. may not be attending the international negotiations, but its actions to support deep-sea mi...  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)
* ![Jordan Bardella during his speech on stage at the Grand Meeting at the Palais des Congres in Perpignan, France, on May 1, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cdef53943b84586/698a56ceb3fce363fb0cd2d8/Jordan-Bardella-marine-le-pen-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 15, 2024  
### [The New Face of Europe’s Far Right](https://time.com/6977921/jordan-bardella-interview-france-europe/)  
For months, 28-year-old Jordan Bardella has barnstormed across France as Marine Le Pen's lead candid...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Mory Sacko](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb57a0f9d0db6c07/698a4020d075331ea2e6e5d0/time100-next-mory-sacko-alt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 13, 2023  
### [Chef Mory Sacko Is Building an Empire](https://time.com/6313153/mory-sacko-restaurant-empire/)  
Paris’s foodies and restaurant critics are counting down the days until he unveils his new creation.  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in Paris on March 14, 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt389e1bab213b282f/698a3b44b21a9c5244507134/france-macron-pension-protests-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 20, 2023  
### [Macron's Uncertain Future in France](https://time.com/6264463/macron-no-confidence-vote/)  
TIME reports from Paris amid ongoing anger over the French leader's bid to raise the retirement age....  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Pollution atmospherique sur Paris et ses environs](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1fae0fdc1916cb57/698a3af916d8846804c3ba0c/seine-river-paris-pollution-aerial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2023  
### [Inside the Radical Effort to Clean Up the Seine](https://time.com/6261729/seine-clean-up-paris-olympics-2024/)  
Paris has a plan to make the Seine swimmable again—just in time for the 2024 Olympics.  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![TOPSHOT-FRANCE-FBL-WC-2022-ESP-MAR-FANS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00b7b9fe34da2a7a/698a38c3d075331410e6d93d/GettyImages-1245423639.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 14, 2022  
### [Why the Morocco vs. France World Cup Game Matters](https://time.com/6240968/morocco-france-qatar-world-cup-showdown/)  
TIME reports from Paris as questions over identity, race, and colonialism loom over the historic sem...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Bloomberg Best Of The Year 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf7e76fd70c956c3/698a351386f68e10cf6f18fe/saudi-oil-carbon-green-energy-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 1, 2022  
### [Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Go Green](https://time.com/6210210/saudi-arabia-aramco-climate-oil/)  
The kingdom could emerge from the global energy transition as the world’s indispensable fossil-fuel ...  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![ABASI ene-obong](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd72e14c658942f85/698a3468457a52663dd66b1f/ABASI-ene-obong-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2022  
### [Tackling Genetic Data's Racial Imbalance](https://time.com/6204230/54gene-racial-imbalance-genetic-data/)  
54gene's CEO Abasi Ene-Obong is on a mission to right the sharp racial imbalance in global health da...  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![Tony Estanguet](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4f633c3dc64d413/698a325b096a9403a06ac9ae/Tony-Estanguet-Paris-Olympics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 5, 2022  
### [Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, Wants to Redefine the Legacy of the Olympic Games](https://time.com/6184178/tony-estanguet-paris-2024-olympics/)  
Estanguet is tasked with ensuring the 2024 Olympics are free of scandal, economic woes, and bitter r...  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![DakhaBrakha At Pickathon Festival](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8832384db96f414/698a31ebdb29878046267cfb/GettyImages-1030277932.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 19, 2022  
### [Ukrainian Musicians Fight Russia Through Song](https://time.com/6176080/ukraine-concerts-dakhabrakha-war-russia/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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