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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 24, 2020
Mali
France Insists on Mali's Return to Civilian Rule
French President Emmanuel Macron, in a September 22 UN General Assembly (UNGA) speech, made continued French military involvement contingent upon Mali's restoration of civilian rule.
January 14, 2020
France
France and G5 Sahel Recommit Themselves as U.S. Mulls Drawdown
President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted a summit in Pau, southwestern France, with the heads of state of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauretania, and Niger. The purpose of the summit was to improve military coordination against insurgents with a particular focus on the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) and al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM). Macron also sought, and received from the African chiefs of state, an endorsement of France’s continued presence in the region. He, in turn, pledged a small increase in the number of French soldiers to be deployed there.
January 14, 2013
United States
Mali: Vive La France
The French intervention in Mali deserves American applause and support, and thus far is getting both. While regarded for many years as one of Africa’s model democracies, Mali had a weak central gove…
November 20, 2018
Digital Policy
Unpacking France’s “Mission Civilisatrice” To Tame Disinformation on Facebook
France is taking an innovative step to curb disinformation on Facebook. It might prove to be a model for regulators elsewhere.
January 11, 2015
Human Rights
France: Solidarity with Journalists, but not Jews
The massive march today in France is a wonderful sight in many ways, and represents France’s rejection of efforts to crush freedom of expression and especially to ban criticism of Islam. But in addi…