• The AUKUS Agreement: the Costs and Benefits

    The AUKUS Agreement: the Costs and Benefits

    Emmanuel Macron is still voicing his incredulity about the Australian government withdrawing from an agreement to purchase French-designed and co-build submarines and instead enter into the AUKUS agreement where the US and UK will provide Australia – at considerable expense – eight nuclear-powered submarines. This week Marcon claimed that AUKUS has brought Australia into a

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  • The Irony of La Francophonie

    The Irony of La Francophonie

    As the Summit of La Francophonie begins in Djerba in Tunisia, the organization and the francophone world it represents are faced with a profound irony. There will be no shortage of dignitaries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister Mélanie Joly and French President Emmanuel Macron will join other leaders in extolling the French language and the

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