French elites are traumatised by the decline of their country, and their leader is throwing his toys out of the pram France’s position on the world stage today is in a rather strange state of affairs: a country with a solid nuclear arsenal but which has lost all ability to influence its environment. Over the…

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The head of the US-led military bloc could still offer no timeline for when Kiev might attain membership The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has reiterated its 2008 pledge to admit Ukraine and Georgia – both neighbors to Russia – into the Western alliance, insisting NATO will continue to expand its presence across Eastern Europe in…