MAINTENANCE. Europe has “let itself be chloroformed”, the Russian president dreams of empire… The former head of the DGSE Bernard Bajolet analyzes the war in Ukraine.
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ATAmbassador of France, Bernard Bajolet, Director General of External Security (DGSE) from 2013 to 2017, was also National Intelligence Coordinator and French representative, at the worst times, in many countries at war (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, Afghanistan) . For Pointhe looks at Russian power and the war in Ukraine.
Point : What analysis does your long experience as a diplomat and director of the DGSE inspire in you with regard to the war in Ukraine?
Bernard Bajolet: What was not well understood was that the idea of reconstituting Greater Russia had been present with Vladimir Putin for a long time. Europe has allowed itself to be chloroformed by the long period of peace it has known. She wanted to believe that the gunboat policy belonged…
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