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The French President vowed to bolster France's security ties with Tokyo in a bid to counter Beijing's dominance in the Indo-Pacific region.... Mr Macron met with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and they issued a joint statement committing to work closer on defence for a" free Pacific". The two leaders expressed" serious concerns" about Beijing's human rights abuses as well as a crackdown on rights in Hong Kong.An élysée official said Mr Macron would present “ the Indo-Pacific strategy and

German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer has said that the French President will likely ditch further attempts to get the controversialEU – China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment( CAI) over the line.... Macron faces upcoming Presidential elections in 2020 andBütikofer pointed outthat the China deal is drawing fire from both the left and the right in France.Mr Bütikofer told Express.co.uk:" Merkel is trying to present Macron to the Chinese leadership as the one leader that will inherit her role with C

Having taught international law and politics in the universities of different countries, I have often discussed with my students matters of collective security and collective self-defence, which is sometimes carried out by military alliances. While the formal, or juridical distinctions between thes

There is another American nightmare. This is the prospect of the emergence of Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok, or using the vision of General de Gaulle, from the Atlantic to the Urals.