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Although France's demographic and economic weight in the world is tending to decline, it nevertheless retains important attributes of power. Its diplomacy and defense policy bear witness to this.

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Paris attacks: Survivors hope for justice as France's biggest criminal trial in history begins

08 September 2021
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"Still now I have the images of the corpses next to my feet": Olivier Laplaud and his wife were in the Bataclan enjoying themselves amongst a crowd of 1,500 people when everything changed in an instant.

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France hopes deporting more alleged radicals will bring security

04 July 2021
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France has repatriated more than half the people it defined as radical Islamists living in the country without a residence permit since 2018. Now it wants to extend the penalty and deport even more.

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France Halts Joint Military Operations with Mali Over Coup

03 June 2021
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PARIS - France said Thursday it would suspend joint military operations with Malian forces after the West African country's second coup in nine months, adding to international pressure for the military junta to return civilians to positions of power.

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La Guerre de vingt ans. Djihadisme et contre-terrorisme au XXIe siècle

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26 April 2021
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La Guerre de vingt ans was awarded the Prize for the best book on geopolitics in 2021.

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Complementarity or Competition? Franco-British Cooperation and the European Horizon of French Defense Policy

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23 April 2021
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What does future hold for the Franco-British defense partnership after Brexit?

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A Rough Year Ahead for the China-France Strategic Partnership

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05 February 2021
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2020 has been a challenging year for the world economy. Although the magnitude of the shock triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic differed widely from one country to another, no economy was left unscathed. 

Once a Jihadist, Always a Jihadist? A Deradicalization Program Seen from the Inside

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01 February 2021
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France has traditionally taken a security-based approach to the fight against terror. It was a latecomer to the field of radicalization prevention and the establishment of disengagement programs aimed at jihadists. It only started to think seriously about the issue in 2013 and its first attempts involved certain irregularities.

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The Franco-German Armaments Cooperation. An Impossible Agreement?

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12 November 2020
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In the Aachen Treaty in 2019, Germany and France agree to deepen their "common program in defense matters" and to pursue a common vision in terms of arms export. These are the preconditions that will help consolidate a culture of common armed forces, common interventions, and European defense industry.

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Breakthrough for Decentralized Franco-German cooperation? Perspectives after the Aachen Treaty

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05 June 2020
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The development of Franco-German cooperation can be described as an intergovernmental process. Depending on the perspective, the capacity for innovation of the relationship lies either with central decision-makers at the state level or with decentralized actors at the local level.

Andreas MARCHETTI
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The Aachen Treaty: The Promise of Convergence for a Divided Couple

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10 December 2019
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The numerous commitments made in the Aachen Treaty concealed a wide range of disagreements over defense, the future of the European Union, economic policies, relations with Russia, and so on.

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