France's Role Within NATO
Journal: Advances in information security, privacy, and ethics book series
Year: 2021

NATO is “brain dead.” With these statements, President Macron shocked most of the member states of the Atlantic alliance. But wouldn't this observation be tinged with realism with the announced withdrawal of the United States from this alliance? The recent attempt at rapprochement between the French President and Vladimir Putin confirms the change of the French paradigm and the will of its president to “move the lines.” Russia's annexation of Crimea and NATO's potential extension to Ukraine have