How Aukus upended Emmanuel Macron’s grand plan
France was furious at its exclusion from the new alliance – but its posturing about strategic independence from the US offers nothing for Canberra.
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Helen Thompson
Helen Thompson is a politics professor and a contributing writer to the New Statesman.
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