Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1) Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,alt.politics.usa Subject: The 'Macron Doctrine' goes to Asia..Autonomy with partners, steady on China Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 17:50:05 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <6765b1db1f5dc093214771c38547dd2f@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3284567"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="pxsmGrN7Y7mF0hfJcY//7F6kiWqDRq/tZN4FOOcim3s"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$yAvDRFazpHmXgBizC.N2pOn4i6LVr4ar32O52T1zGbIPzd4QmtmMO X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: 0099cdd7dc5bd7b25c488bf8bcfab81a117b2ffc Bytes: 1912 Lines: 18 From Japan Times: ------------------------------------------------------ The 'Macron Doctrine' goes to Asia: Autonomy with partners, steady on China The French president calls for a 'third way' in the Indo-Pacific He presented a vision that he has consistently held since taking office in 2017 — restoring France and Europe's global influence and relevance amid the great power competition through “strategic autonomy” — a term he repeated more than 10 times in his speech. This ambition, termed by some analysts as the "Macron Doctrine," is based on a sense of deep crisis since the establishment of the post-1945 world order. In Singapore, he has anchored his vision in both the Gaullist legacy and Asian strategic culture. He recalled Gen. de Gaulle's historic 1966 speech in Phnom Penh, where the general championed the independence of nations, particularly Cambodia, within the Cold War context. ... ------------------------------------------------------