Saving the Hegemony: French Perspective on the Changing World Order
... idealistic and realistic considerations were intertwined in Paris’s desire to influence, one way or another, the evolution of the world order and its institutions. On the one hand, a kind of republican messianism, dating back to the ideals of the Revolution ... ... the international system, the right to define the rules of the game for all, retaining the appearance of solidarity with the global South. In this regard, multipolarity, as French analysts explain , is usually understood by Paris not as the existence of several roughly equal centers ...
18.09.2023