This is the Way: Macron’s Embrace of Strategic Ambiguity
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French President Emmanuel Macron, with his unfailing ability to generate controversy every time he speaks, in the past few weeks has been causing a commotion on both sides of the Atlantic by hinting that French troops are or soon will be deployed to Ukraine. Macron’s words, as is often the case, were in many instances misconstrued, with many reports claiming falsely that he in fact planned to send French combat troops to Ukraine. The confusion might have been intended. Regardless, a measure of the impact of Macron’s words is the panic it caused in Germany: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz thought it necessary to go out of his way to assert that NATO troops were not going to be deployed to Ukraine. Almost with the same breath, Scholz reiterated his refusal to allow the transfer of German Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
This is the Way: Macron’s Embrace of Strategic Ambiguity
This is the Way: Macron’s Embrace of…
This is the Way: Macron’s Embrace of Strategic Ambiguity
French President Emmanuel Macron, with his unfailing ability to generate controversy every time he speaks, in the past few weeks has been causing a commotion on both sides of the Atlantic by hinting that French troops are or soon will be deployed to Ukraine. Macron’s words, as is often the case, were in many instances misconstrued, with many reports claiming falsely that he in fact planned to send French combat troops to Ukraine. The confusion might have been intended. Regardless, a measure of the impact of Macron’s words is the panic it caused in Germany: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz thought it necessary to go out of his way to assert that NATO troops were not going to be deployed to Ukraine. Almost with the same breath, Scholz reiterated his refusal to allow the transfer of German Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.