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President Macron's plans and ambitions: realism or rhetoric?

19:11 04.09.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

President Macron's plans and ambitions: realism or rhetoric?

In the run-up to the G7 Summit in Biarritz, French media reports focused on the global political and diplomatic plans of President Emmanuel Macron. Journalists say that for President Macron the G7 summit presented a unique opportunity “to return France its historical role of a “ mediator ”in global conflicts …

NATO’s “space strategy” – what is it all about?

13:30 02.08.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

NATO’s “space strategy” – what is it all about?

In a Twitter post released in June 2019, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the North Atlantic Alliance planned to develop its own “space strategy.” According to Deutsche Welle, NATO experts are certain that future military conflicts will inevitably affect near-Earth space, “for example, through an attack on satellites …

Macron trying to reconcile Serbs and Albanians

10:48 25.07.2019 Pyotr Iskenderov

Macron trying to reconcile Serbs and Albanians

A two-day visit to Serbia by French President Emmanuel Macron, which came to a close on July 16, was designed to repair the damaged reputation of Paris and the entire European Union in the Balkan settlement, particularly, in Kosovo. A meeting of Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vučić and …

Shocking statistics of Yellow Vests in France

12:07 24.06.2019 Sergey Filatov

Shocking statistics of Yellow Vests in France

Protests of Yellow Vests in the center of Paris.AFP PhotoOnly the British could write about the French in such a manner. They reveal little-known details of the “Yellow Vest Movement” in a recent article “Yellow Vest: Shock stats reveal depth of Macron chaos - 50,000 on the streets and 11dead”.The …

Indo-Pacific region and elections in New Caledonia

11:16 21.05.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

Indo-Pacific region and elections in New Caledonia

The results of the May 12, 2019 parliamentary elections in New Caledonia reflect a lingering political split in this French territory, comprising dozens of islands in the South Pacific. French loyalists won 28 seats in the 54-strong local legislature, just two seats more than the advocates of the region’s greater …

Any signs of a chill between France and Germany?

11:09 15.05.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Any signs of a chill between France and Germany?

The past few months have seen many signs of growing friction and divisions between the two European superpowers, Germany and France. Before the February vote on changes to the EU Third Energy Package, meant to expand the European Commission’s power to regulate Europe’s electricity and natural gas market, France opposed, …

China: via Portugal into Africa and Latin America

13:08 09.04.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

China: via Portugal into Africa and Latin America

Portugal is a major geographical link in the European leg of China’s New Silk Road project (NSR). A visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Lisbon on December 4-5, 2018 produced seventeen cooperation agreements thereby reaffirming the two parties' readiness to expand economic partnership (1).China is Portugal’s top trading partner …

Italy making its way back to Africa

12:34 06.02.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

Italy making its way back to Africa

The countries of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia) have recently been the focus of attention of Italian diplomacy, with the need to find political partners in Africa to resolve the migrant crisis, the signing of a long-awaited peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2018, China’s …

Italy vs France: war of elites over “yellow vests” and Libya

11:19 28.01.2019 Dmitry Babich

Italy vs France: war of elites over “yellow vests” and Libya

The disputes, which regularly flare up between the current governments of France and Italy are important for Russia, since the ideological rift between President Emmanuel Macron and the ruling Italian coalition of Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio has, among other things, have direct bearing on this country. However, there …

France returns to Laos

12:40 11.01.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

France returns to Laos

The geographical location of Laos, a small landlocked state surrounded by China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia, has made it imperative for this country to pursue a well-balanced multi-faceted foreign policy that hinges on the development of a mobile system of economic and political counterbalances.Regional integration is key to the …

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