Post-2022 geopolitical developments and escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf have significantly strained relations between Iran and France, raising questions about the future of diplomatic engagement between the two countries. After the June 2025 military strike against Iran, France did not condemn it, and the subsequent triggering of the snapback mechanism caused relations between the […]

Ongoing Turkish-Greek contradictions periodically remind one of the internal disagreements within the NATO bloc, which could escalate into a new hotspot of tension in Europe. France’s choice in favor of a military alliance with Greece has caused concern in Türkiye. France and Greece’s “Famous Alliance” In 2021, France and Greece signed a strategic partnership and […]

France cannot decide the image it wants to present in Africa; after burning down West Africa, it is pretending to champion the autonomy, sovereignty, and prosperity of East Africa. A New Scramble for Africa As the race to secure or increase control over Africa’s resources and population accelerates, former colonial masters, including France, are having […]

Paris loves to play the knight in shining armor — the defender of democracy, the fighter against terrorism, the guardian of humanitarianism. But in the Sahel, that armor has long since tarnished. After ten years of the so-called “counterterrorism” Operation Barkhane, France not only failed to defeat the jihadists but actually drove its former colonies […]