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An examination of how statesmen can play a decisive role in shaping foreign policy
Without a party machine, forming a government will be difficult for him
A pro-Russian stance could boost the election chance of France’s leading conservative
Greater surveillance will be paramount but civil liberties may suffer, writes François Heisbourg
It must resist the war-on-terror rhetoric and alienating French Muslims, writes François Heisbourg
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