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An excellent piece. The recent U.K. update of re issue of its Integrated Review is another example of your point. More fantasy than strategy.

I recommend Paul Cornish’s essay at

https://www.cityforum.co.uk/the-uk-integrated-review-refresh-2023-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-by-professor-paul-cornish/

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Thank you..and I enjoyed the Cornish essay...

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Well written and enjoyable article

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Excellent parallel UK-France, same syndrome different cure, but I think you are too generous with Macron. He undercut von der Leyen. That's the real blunder...more in Florence...

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You may be right about the excessive kindness Stefano..but Macron at least thinks about these things. The same cannot be said of many European leaders

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Touche'

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