Pierre Haski's 'La fin d'un monde' charts fifty years of global reporting

Journalist Pierre Haski, born in Tunis in 1953, has published 'La fin d'un monde' (Stock), a memoir spanning fifty years of reporting from the end of apartheid in South Africa to post-Maoist China, Middle Eastern wars, the collapse of communist regimes, and globalization's rise and fall. The book draws on his experiences as a correspondent in Beijing in the 2000s, where he observed China's transformation from 'world factory' to technological power, and in South Africa, where he covered the fall of apartheid and subsequent disillusionments. Haski also reflects on the hopes of 1989 in Romania and Russia, the rise of authoritarianism and populism, and the questioning of the post-1945 international order. He discusses the role of journalism in the digital age, citing Hannah Arendt on the dangers of lies. The book's title emphasizes it is 'La fin d'un monde', not 'La fin du monde', and Haski remains hopeful about a common world if institutions and alliances are rethought. He has also launched a YouTube channel, 'Le Monde de Pierre Haski'.