I find it rather ironic that if the French game is to try and be a check to US power (a thesis I am finding increasingly persuasive), that they are vitiating (or is that Vichy-ating?) their one source of power vis-à-vis the US: the UN Security Council. The only serious power the French wield on the world stage is the veto that derives from their permanent seat on that Council and it appears to me that the ongoing diplomatic conflict is going to result in a diminution of the Council’s sway on the US. If that happens, the French will have been the chief cause of their own loss of influence.
Their actions in NATO mirror this behavior and consequence.
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August 10th, 2024 at 10:35 am