Macron and France's renewed interest in the Mediterranean
France is making its presence felt across the Mediterranean - from the Middle East to Greece to Libya. Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to explain what is behind France’s renewed interest in the region and its efforts to wield power to bring order and stability to the Mediterranean.
Read Steven Cook's latest articles on France, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Middle East here:
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