Lure France Back into NATO
Karl Kaiser & Dominique Moisi | February 26, 2009
When France left NATO’s permanent command structure 43 years ago, it was confident in its decision. ++ Contemporary realties —the financial crisis and the need for transatlantic cooperation in light of a slowly emerging multipolarity— combine to call for a stronger French presence. ++ France’s return to NATO would better serve French domestic interests, advance the European defense system, “increase Europe’s weight in redefining western strategy” and signal a new era of cooperation with the US against past tensions.
