Can France take on China by itself?
Emmanuel Macron’s recent visit to Washington highlights the French president’s desire to take a more assertive role in the Indo-Pacific.
Emmanuel Macron’s recent visit to Washington highlights the French president’s desire to take a more assertive role in the Indo-Pacific.
While the French leader will no doubt be feted and flattered, differences on Ukraine and the European economic crisis loom.
Meanwhile as the Sahel slides further into chaos, Washington should resist pressure to take the Europeans’ place.
Russia and the West are finally talking, but perhaps not for the right reasons.
With tensions rising between Paris and the junta in Bamako, a pause in the relationship would benefit both sides and align with US interests.
The French president has been pushing diplomacy with Russia and for regional autonomy. Not all of his neighbors think that way.
These presidential candidates, locked now in a super tight race, have vastly differing positions on Russia and European cohesion.
The West’s counterterrorism project will likely continue throughout the Sahel, despite a lack of reflection on Paris’s part.
The French president can borrow a phrase from Charles de Gaulle and say ‘non’ to Ukraine joining NATO.
Just because Biden is trying to patch things up with Macron doesn’t mean he should continue to fuel a dead-end policy.
The E3’s failure to stand up to Trump was compounded by a series of miscalculations in the six months since Biden took office.
The E3 appears committed to making the US return to the Iran nuclear deal as difficult as possible
Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE want a seat at the table but their participation will only muddy the waters.
With political troubles at home, French President Emmanuel Macron is turning his focus toward foreign policy.
The E3 should urge a resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue that takes note of the facts and provides context to current events.
In the absence of a coherent response from the United States, the pandemic has paved the way for China to bolster its ambitions and validate its political values.
The number of extremist groups in North Africa have only grown as the U.S. military presence there has expanded.
After a series of rows, and with more coming, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council should convene a summit to contain their differences.
The E3’s decision to trigger the Dispute Resolution Mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could spell the end of that agreement.
The E3 decision to trigger the Dispute Resolution Mechanism looks more like an attempt to shift the blame for its own impotence onto Iran rather than a necessary act of last resort to save the JCPOA.
Triggering the Iran nuclear deal’s dispute mechanism is an assertive move by the E3, but it is also a gamble that could save or sink the agreement.