Tag: Aukus
Between Biden and Macron, a difficult reconciliation after the Aukus agreement
Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron during a press conference at the French Embassy in the Vatican, October 29, 2021. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP At the height of the Aukus affair,…
Aukus agreement exposes European divisions over NATO
To analyse. The times are tough for Europeans anxious to see the Union in a better position to defend itself against external threats. The chaotic withdrawal from Kabul confirmed their…
how Aukus torpedoed the sale of French submarines to Australia
A French navy nuclear attack submarine at the Toulon naval base on June 12, 2020. Australia had ordered twelve diesel-powered units. CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP History will perhaps remember that…
“The secrecy which surrounded the Aukus agreement is not a surprise”
Tribune. Most surprising about the Australia-UK-US (Aukus) deal was the total secrecy that covered it up before it was thrown in the face of France and the rest of the…
After Afghanistan and Aukus, EU tries to learn lessons from recent crises
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (left), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center), and French President Emmanuel Macron (right), upon their arrival at the EU-Western Balkans summit at the Brdo Congress Center,…
Paris expects concrete actions by the end of October to overcome the Aukus pact crisis
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a speech at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on October 5, 2021. IAN LANGSDON / AFP Translate reassuring words as…