Russia, France, and Europe: A Paradoxical Relationship

Russian-french relations and russian geopolitical strategy. Françoise Thom, sovietologist and Russia specialist, delivers a critical and insightful analysis of relations between France, Europe and Russia under the presidency of Vladimir Putin, tracing the historical dynamics of French diplomacy vis-à-vis Moscow. Although written in 2004, its content reveals Russian patterns of behavior and Western misperceptions that still resonate today. In this Franco-Russian relationship, Françoise Thom reveals a recurring paradox: French Blindness. France attaches considerable importance to Russia in its foreign policy, but "makes little effort to understand it and to know exactly what is really going on there."This French obsession is motivated by the search for a "reverse alliance" (traditionally against Germany, then against the United States), which leads French diplomacy to turn a blind eye to Russia's internal realities.

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