Mocked in some quarters for what sometimes seemed token efforts to support Ukraine's military in the face of the Russian threat, the West is starting to finally step up supplies of military equipment…
PARIS: Mocked in some quarters for what sometimes seemed token efforts to support Ukraine s military in the face of the Russian threat, the West is starting to finally step up supplies of military.
De Gaulle began France's diplomatic approach of respecting alliances but not aligning itself with the US, but it was abandoned under Sarkozy and Hollande as more neoconservatives joined the foreign ministry. Emmanuel Macron wants to break with their influence, especially on Russia, but he's struggling.
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Joe Biden uttered the word Africa exactly once in his first address to a joint session of congress, marking the vaunted presidential cliché of his first 100 Days in office. It was a tangential reference, but its context, implications – and what Biden
didn’t say – were somewhat instructive:
After 20 years of American valor and sacrifice, it’s time to bring our troops home…But make no mistake – the terrorist threat has evolved beyond Afghanistan since 2001 and we will remain vigilant against threats to the United States, wherever they come from. Al Qaeda and ISIS are in Yemen, Syria, Somalia, and