<p>
The formation of the Australia, United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) security alliance in the Indo-Pacific to counter China has truly humiliated Emanuel Macron, the President of France.</p>
<p>
Macron is emerging as a tragic figure during high-drama. He is &nbsp;being kept out of the formation of&nbsp; a new security alliance, which is focusing on the Indo-Pacific region&mdash;a booming and vast area on either side of the Malacca straits. The Malacca straits is a narrow channel which links the Indian and the Pacific Oceans.</p>
<p>
According to a Sunday Telegraph report, the decision to keep Macron in the cold was visible during the June G-7 summit in Cornwall.</p>
<p>
According to the daily, the details of the AUKUS strategic partnership were discussed at the summit, while keeping Macron in the dark. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
Apparently, then UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab pushed for an AUKAS agreement, even when fully aware that such a move would sour ties with Paris.</p>
<p>
After the summit, all documents on AUKUS were classified as &quot;top secret&quot;.</p>
<p>
&nbsp;Leaders of the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, the US, France and Japan, as well as the heads &nbsp;of Australia, India, South Korea and South Africa invited as guests for the June 11-13, G-7 summit.</p>
<p>
Macron and France are naturally incensed by the humiliation and isolation, as AUKUS will impact Paris and, in fact, the European Union (EU) at various levels.</p>
<p>
At the outset the formation of AUKUS deprived France of a mammoth $40 billion dollars. This is because Australia, a key member of AUKUS no longer requires the Barracuda Class submarines that it had ordered from France. Instead, Canberra is going ahead with a brand-new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines from the United States. The US will construct these subs in Adelaide.</p>
<p>
Second, France is virtually on its own in keeping free and open, the sea lanes radiating to and fro from the Indo-Pacific region, a leading trade magnet of the world.</p>
<p>
Third, France may energise a new European Indo-Pacific strategy, but right now, the EU has been caught flat footed by the security alliance of the English-speaking democracies that partner AUKUS.</p>
<p>
Macron and France&rsquo;s fury should not be underestimated. France takes pride as being the leader of western Enlightenment.&nbsp; It has also a Napoleonic tradition of military leadership. Besides, Macron has shown that France, a former colonial power, &nbsp;has not detached from the fiercely independent path of former President &nbsp;Charles de Gaulle, who during the heat of the Cold War, declared that rather than being sucked in a bipolar system, France will follow an independent third way.</p>
<p>
Unsurprisingly, French President Emmanuel Macron took&nbsp; the exceptional decision of recalling ambassadors due to the &ldquo;gravity of the announcements on September 15 by Australia and the United States&rdquo;, said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in a&nbsp; statement, as reported by&nbsp;France 24.</p>
<p>
He also sarcastically &nbsp;dismissed the UK&#39;s foreign policy as a &ldquo; policy of constant opportunism&quot;.</p>
<p>
Also Read: <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/opinion-news/france-s-recall-of-ambassadors-amid-aukus-shreds-post-war-alliance-115628.html">France&rsquo;s recall of ambassadors amid AUKUS shreds post-war alliance</a></p>
"Firmly opposing" the new US tariffs, China warned that the trade barriers would affect the…
US President Joe Biden has directed his Trade Representative to increase tariffs on USD 18…
A delegation consisting of 15 officials of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court successfully completed a…
India's smartphone market shipped 34 million smartphone units in the first quarter of 2024. It…
In a step towards bolstering maritime cooperation, the 16th Indian Navy-Australian Navy Staff Talks concluded…
After several days of intense protests and violence which led to the death of three…