Author profile: Arthur Goldhammer

French Foreign Policy under Sarkozy

Arthur Goldhammer • Jun 14 2008 • Articles

The presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy has certainly brought a change in the style of French foreign policy, but has it altered the substance? The answer, I will argue, is a qualified yes, not least because it is characteristic of the new French president to blend style and substance until the two become indistinguishable.