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France’s Future Role in the World

Fri. May 17th, 2013
Washington, DC

One year after President François Hollande took office, his administration’s new Defense White Paper outlines a significantly scaled down presence for the French military. From Afghanistan to Libya, from Mali to Syria, there is no shortage of strategic challenges confronting decisionmakers in Paris, especially at a time when the United States is calling for greater burden sharing among key allies.  French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian discussed the future of the transatlantic partnership and the new French White Paper on Defense. Carnegie’s George Perkovich moderated.  This event was co-sponsored by CSIS.

EconomyClimate ChangeSecurityMilitaryForeign PolicyNorth AmericaUnited StatesWestern Europe
event speakers

Jean-Yves Le Drian

George Perkovich

Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Vice President for Studies

George Perkovich is the Japan chair for a world without nuclear weapons and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, overseeing the Nuclear Policy Program and the Technology and International Affairs Program. He works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues, and security dilemmas among the United States, its allies, and their nuclear-armed adversaries.