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France is preparing for a new kind of war

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine concentrates minds in Paris

©Antonin Burat / Le Pictorium/MAXPPP - 04/09/2021 Antonin Burat / Le Pictorium - 4/9/2021 - Mali / Gao - Un helicoptere se pose a proximite d'un convoi de l'operation Barkhane, dans les zones desertiques du nord du Mali, pour proceder a une evacuation medicale. / 4/9/2021 - Mali / Gao - A helicopter landing close to a convoy of Operation Barkhane in the desert areas of North Mali, for a medical evacuation.
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WINCHED out of a helicopter down to an attack submarine, Emmanuel Macron could have upstaged himself this week. But with no cameras to immortalise the stunt, all eyes instead were on the French president’s speech hours earlier. On November 9th, in the naval port of Toulon, Mr Macron unveiled France’s new national strategic review, drafted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It contained important new thinking about France’s response to shifting threats.

This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “War footing”

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