With Macron as French president, the U.S. will encounter a much stronger, strategic, self-confident, forward-thinking France and therefore Europe, said Nicholas Dungan, a senior fellow at the D.C.-basedAtlantic Council who works in France. The U.S., whether it understands it or not, needs a stro
Date: May 05, 2017
Category: World
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Obama and Hollande meet: What a différence in US-French relations
"This time it was France that was attacked," said Nicholas Dungan, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council who teaches at France's top social science university, Sciences Po, arguing that France's lack of exposure to the Iraq War left it less gun-shy than some of its allies when contemplating milita
Date: Nov 24, 2015
Category: World
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United Kingdom election highlights shrinking role as US ally
Britain's military, which has shrunk to its lowest levels since England lost the American colonies and the United States came into being, has no capability to project global power, says Nicholas Dungan of the Atlantic Council. It has no aircraft carriers, no homegrown defense industry, and its nucle
Date: May 06, 2015
Category: World
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How did France become more hawkish on Iran than the US?
"The French understand the value of time, and essentially they know that the longer this goes on, within reason, the more reasons the Iranians have to give things up," said Atlantic Council senior fellow Nicholas Dungan.
Date: Apr 01, 2015
Category: World
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Far-Right Blame Game Distracts From France's Underlying Divisions
Nicholas Dungan, a senior fellow and France expert at the Atlantic Council, argues that the root cause of rising racism is a general malaise about the country's prospects. "If you look don't think things will get better, you look to blame someone else," he told The WorldPost. "France has been in a s
The taboo on making ethnic distinctions reflects a "fundamental difference in political systems" between France and the United States, said Nicholas Dungan, a senior fellow at Washington D.C.-based think tank Atlantic Council.