Detail Away and at Home; Foreign Policy   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 405 no. 8811 (Nov. 2012), page SS11-SS13. Topik: International Relations; Governmental Reform; Foreign Policy; Government Executives Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.74 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Rather like Britain, France has inherited the mindset of a world power with neither the reach nor the means of one. De Gaulle only partly succeeded in his life's ambition of restoring his country's lost glory. His intransigence ensured that France would be seen as a victor in the second world war and thus a rightful aspirant to a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. But his decisions as president in the 1960s to leave NATO's military-command structure and to keep an independent nuclear deterrent at any price did little to help France's global pretensions. Even so, a mid-sized power with special links across Africa is not insignificant. Under the energetic Mr Sarkozy, France played a global role when it held the EU's rotating presidency in 2008 during Russia's invasion of Georgia, and then again in 2011 when it was president of the G8 and G20 during some of the darker moments of the financial crisis. Yet recent talk by Mr Hollande of taking action in Syria is unlikely to go anywhere, partly because there is little enthusiasm for it, but also because defence cuts have undermined France's military capacity. The future must lie in more defence co-operation with Britain. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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