Delegation for Strategic Affairs
The international context in which France has to develop has undergone radical changes over the last few years. Technological and economic changes, faster communications, the emergence of new world powers, new threats and new players all combine to create a globalised world. It is not easy for a medium-sized power to exercise, on its own, any real influence over an international community that grows more complex as each day passes. Being able to take action within the framework of the European Union has therefore become an abiding principle in French foreign policy, insofar as regards issues such as peacekeeping missions and compliance with international law and multilateral cooperation.
France and the Middle East have maintained close relations for centuries, based on mutual knowledge, respect and friendship. All the presidents of France’s Fifth Republic, from De Gaulle to Nicolas ...
Asia, in the broadest sense, continues to be full of surprises, both in the scale of the changes that have taken place there within the last twenty years and in the disparities and contrasts that ...
Africa has long been a priority for France: regular summits held between France and African nations, together with the constant stream of bilateral contacts have resulted in several promising ...
