SHANGRI-LA: French President Macron Calls for Independent Coalition Between Europe, Asia

French President Emmanuel Macron called for European and Asian countries to build a coalition of independent countries to maintain strategic autonomy on Friday night while speaking at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore In his keynote address, the president said other countries shouldn’t be caught between United States and China, and warned that if Russia was allowed to take Ukraine territory, it would lead to similar situations in Taiwan and the Philippines. While France is a European nation, Macron pointed out that it is also an Indo-Pacific participant with overseas territories and over 8,000Read More