Saving the Hegemony: French Perspective on the Changing World Order

... as French analysts explain , is usually understood by Paris not as the existence of several roughly equal centers of power, but as a joint solution to global problems with the unconditional priority of Western interests. Victoria Panova: Impulse of Multipolarity: Outcomes of South Africa’s BRICS Summit To paraphrase what was said above, it is acceptable to note that where, for example, the U.S. embarked on a hardcore unilateral approach, France has been accustomed to offering soft leadership of the collective West, which differed in form, but not in its ultimate goal. This pattern largely explains Macron’s foreign policy activity during his first years in power, which coincided with ...