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Dungan Quoted in CNN on Trump’s Surprise Paris Visit

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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Dungan Quoted in CNN on Trump’s Surprise Paris Visit

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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Dungan Quoted in CNN on Trump’s Surprise Paris Visit

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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Jun 29, 2017

Dungan Quoted in CNN on Trump’s Surprise Paris Visit

By Nicholas Dungan

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New Atlanticist

Jun 19, 2017

Macron’s Putin Policy: ‘Firmness Without Provocation’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

French President Emmanuel Macron would like to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to seek mutually acceptable solutions to crises that have bedeviled ties between the West and Russia over the past few years, France’s ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, said in an Atlantic Council phone briefing on June 19. […]

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In the News

Jun 14, 2017

Åslund in Project Syndicate: A Magic Wand for France?

By Anders Aslund

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In the News

Jun 12, 2017

Dungan Joins Bloomberg to Discuss a ‘New French Revolution’ Under Macron

By Nicholas Dungan

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In the News

Jun 11, 2017

Dungan Joins Bloomberg to Discuss France’s Political Transformation Under Macron

By Nicholas Dungan

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In the News

Jun 7, 2017

Gedmin in The American Interest: Losing Our Grip, From Paris to Podgorica to London

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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Defense Industrialist

Jun 7, 2017

What’s the real effect of America First on the arms trade?

By James Hasik

Volvo’s sale of Renault Trucks Defense won’t be a test of anything. The report in Defense News this week on how “Three bidders emerge in battle to buy Renault Trucks Defense” contains a prediction of just who won’t win that auction. For some time, Volvo has been aiming to sell RTD, and bids are now in from […]

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Event Recap

May 31, 2017

The Transatlantic Trade Relationship in Challenging Times – The Case of Belgium in the Heart of Europe

By Global Business & Economics Program

On May 31st, the Atlantic Council’s Eurogrowth Initiative and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosted Pieter De Crem, Belgium’s Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.

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New Atlanticist

May 22, 2017

Macron Signifies a New ‘Third Way’ for France and Europe

By Mayecor Sar

The election of Emmanuel Macron as France’s president on May 7 is a welcome boost for “third way” politics, a centrist political philosophy that broadly advocates a combination of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies. For the first time since the 1970s, France has elected a president that does not belong to either of the […]

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May 21, 2017

Dungan Joins Radio France Internationale

By Nicholas Dungan

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