Le Monde diplomatique

(; meaning "The Diplomatic World", and shortened as Le Diplo in French) is a French monthly newspaper founded in 1954 offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. there are 33 editions (9 digital-only) in 24 languages worldwide. The publication is 51% owned by Le Monde diplomatique SA, a subsidiary company of which grants it complete editorial autonomy. Politically it is part of the left that is critical of neoliberalism and has favoured alter-globalization since 1973. History 1954–1989 was founded in 1954 by Hubert Beuve-Méry, founder and director of , the French newspaper of record. Subtitled the "organ of diplomatic circles and of large international organisations," 5,000 copies were distributed, comprising eight pages, dedicated to foreign policy and geopolitics. Its first editor in chief, , developed the newspaper as a scholarly reference journal. Honti attentively followed the birth of the Non-Aligned Movement, created out of the 1955 Bandung Conference, and the issues of the "Third World".