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Gallon in the American Interest: Macron’s Risky American Bet

New Atlanticist
Sep 8, 2025

Experts react: The French government has collapsed again. What does this mean for France, the EU, and Macron?

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On Monday, Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, removing him from office and leaving France in a state of political uncertainty.

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Gallon in the American Interest: Macron’s Risky American Bet

New Atlanticist
Jul 16, 2025

Reading between the lines of the new France-UK nuclear entente

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Léonie Allard

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer released a “truly historic” declaration on nuclear planning on July 10.

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Gallon in the American Interest: Macron’s Risky American Bet

New Atlanticist
May 2, 2025

France’s foreign minister on Europe’s role in the ‘new era of multilateralism’

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Daniel Hojnacki

Jean-Noël Barrot laid out his vision of European strategic autonomy and cautioned Washington against pulling back from the multilateral system it helped build.

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Apr 23, 2018

Gallon in the American Interest: Macron’s Risky American Bet

By Jérémie Gallon

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New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2018

Europe Needs To Persuade Iran, Not Just Trump, To Save The Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

As French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Washington, a top priority will be convincing his American counterpart to stay within the landmark nuclear agreement with Iran. But judging from this analyst’s conversations with Iranian diplomats in Europe and New York over the past week, Macron and his colleagues in Germany and Britain may have an […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2018

Macron And Merkel Come to Washington. Lend Them Your Ear

By Daniel Fried

The free world (to put it in Washington wonk speak: the “rules-based, liberal global order”), the product of American leadership, which generated relative peace, prosperity, and democracy after 1945 and even more after 1989, faces aggression from without, most acutely from Russia; a long-range challenge from the rise of China; and, most alarming, doubts from […]

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In the News

Apr 22, 2018

Dungan Quoted in The Washington Post on French President Visiting the U.S.

By Nicholas Dungan

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In the News

Apr 18, 2018

Braw in Foreign Policy: Army Service Could Be the Answer to Europe’s Integration Problem

By Elisabeth Braw

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New Atlanticist

Apr 16, 2018

Emmanuel Macron: The Trump Whisperer?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a television interview on April 15 that he convinced US President Donald J. Trump not to withdraw troops from Syria. “Ten days ago, President Trump was saying ‘the United States should withdraw from Syria.’ We convinced him it was necessary to stay for the long term,” Macron said in […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 14, 2018

World Reaction to Strikes on Syria

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The United States, the United Kingdom, and France on April 13 launched strikes on Syria in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack which they blamed on Bashar al-Assad’s regime. While US Defense Secretary James Mattis described the strikes as a “one-time” shot, the Western allies warned more strikes could come in the event of […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 12, 2018

Russia, Iran Eyed for Solution to Syria War

By Ashish Kumar Sen

As missile strikes are contemplated, France’s ambassador to the United States says political transition in Damascus must be explored The United States and its European allies should explore with Russia and Iran the possibility of a credible political transition in Syria that can end the seven-year war in that country, France’s ambassador to the United […]

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Apr 12, 2018

The French-American alliance in an America-first era

By Jeff Lightfoot

The relationship between France and the United States is heading into a new and uncertain era reflecting the leadership of US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. With Macron’s April 24-25 state visit to the White House and address to a joint session of Congress as backdrop, The French-American Alliance in an America-First […]

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In the News

Apr 11, 2018

Dungan Quoted in Bloomberg on Upcoming Macron Visit to US and Syria Strikes

By Nicholas Dungan

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