... sceptics, it was possible to agree on its basis—
the transatlantic agenda NATO 2030 (# NATO2030)
. While the broad formulations and a direct hierarchy of threats still require... ... the Paris programme were published under the motto “
Recovery, power, belonging
” France, as expected, is reiterating its call for strengthening European sovereignty... ... of the document and its author is genuine textbook-realism. But now for the entire European Union.
Objectives of the French Presidency
, are not articulated directly but...
... representatives of European Leadership Network (ELN) had an online meeting with Pierre Vimont, Special Envoy of the President of France for the Development of Relations between the European Union and Russia, in the context of the upcoming Russian-French summit.
The French diplomat was briefed about upcoming ... ... Andrey Kortunov, RIAC General
Director, spoke about the results of work of the international subgroup on the
prospects of Russia-NATO relations.
The new role of France as the EU’s only nuclear power, as well as Macron’s personality and ambitious geopolitical agenda deserve some attention
... ... Criticism has been on the rise since the publication of
his interview with
The Economist
in November 2019, where he considered NATO brain-dead. He later stood at the same remarks and
insisted on the need of the Alliance to better define its enemies
. The ...
... Gaulle’s presidency and that half a century later forced special provisions to be included in the Treaty of Lisbon [
2
].
It was France’s rather unique attitude to defence policy issues, and to the independence of its Strategic Nuclear Forces in particular, that was partly to blame for the falling out between the United States and NATO during de Gaulle’s presidency.
But the Euro-optimists, who are eager to make the European Union a great nuclear power, have been unhappy with the Treaty of Lisbon for some time now. In 2016, For example, prominent ...
... the INF Treaty is understandable. On the one hand, the French government has no desire to open a new front of opposition with NATO, whose relations with France are complicated as it is and which has already fully aligned with the US on the INF Treaty. Neither did G7, during its ... ... at the now-vacant position of foreign policy leader of Europe, including regarding Russian, which is very important for the European Union. Even less would he wish to surrender the issue of the INF Treaty (with its direct and fundamental bearing on the ...
... regional system, or as in Versailles, its exclusion from such a system of postwar relations.
The double enlargement, i.e. of the NATO and the EU, as well as incomplete, in terms of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, institutionalization of the OSCE (as opposed,... ... globalised world of interdependence and cultural diversity, where development of all would ensure development of each nation.
France convened the Paris Peace Forum last year to mark the end of World War One. So far its results do not impress. Maybe, we ...