Emmanuel Macron’s Russian policy: stages and roots of a new approach

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France’s position towards Russia has been ambiva­lent for decades, based in part on myths, projec­tions and unre­al­istic ambitions. Emmanuel Macron’s policies vis-à-vis Moscow seem to embody this. At the beginning of the all-out invasion of Ukraine, the French President was a vocal proponent of talks and diplomacy. But his position has shifted remark­ably and in 2024 he even advocates sending ground troops to Ukraine. Dimitri Minic explains.

This paper is part of our Inter­na­tional Expert Network Russia. Its publi­ca­tion was supported by the German Foreign Ministry. The views expressed are the author’s own.

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Dimitri Minic is a researcher at Ifri’s Russia/​Eurasia Center. He holds a doctorate in the history of inter­na­tional relations from Sorbonne Univer­sity (2021) and is the author of Pensée et culture stratégiques russes (Russian strategic thinking and culture – Paris, Maison des sciences de l’homme, April 2023), a book based on his disser­ta­tion for which he received the Prix Albert Thibaudet 2023. His research focuses on Russian strategic thinking, the Russian army and Russian hybrid and high-intensity capa­bil­i­ties. He also works on the strategic and political culture of Russia’s politico-military elites and threat percep­tion.” 

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This paper is published in the framework of the project „Russia and the West: Europe’s Post War Order and the Future of Relations with Russia“, which is supported by the German Foreign Ministry.  Any opinions in this paper are the author’s own.

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