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MAINTENANCE. Washington will greatly increase its aid to Ukraine, especially military. The historian Pierre Mélandri analyzes the reasons and the stakes of this escalation.
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IA few years ago, Pierre Mélandri had published by Editions Perrin The American Century, a story, a fascinating synthesis running from 1920 to the present day which traced and analyzed the hegemonic pruritus of the United States confronted with the evolutions of geopolitics. It was the last of a long list of works that this former university professor at Sciences Po has devoted to the United States, in particular to their foreign policy.
Today, 70% of Americans consider Russia an enemy, recalls Pierre Mélandri, but two thirds are opposed to a direct military engagement against this country. It is between these two realities that Joe Biden must wind his way, hoping that his Ukrainian policy, with the approach of the mid-term elections (the midterms), will be worn…
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