Saving the Hegemony: French Perspective on the Changing World Order

... Nevertheless, on many points, one can clearly see how France seeks to indulge in wishful thinking. It’s plain to see in the case of Africa, where Macron’s arguments about Paris’s “favorable” role and a new partnership with the global South do not sound very convincing against the backdrop of a series of military coups (from Mali to Gabon), widespread ... ... protracted persistence of certain vestiges of neocolonial policies. Many nations that should be integrated into the Western-centered world order at the suggestion of Macron—India, Brazil, and others—are unlikely to abandon the policy of building a multipolar ...