The G7’s Uninvited Guest: Strategic Exclusion and the Specter of Coerced Diplomacy.
This is a stark failure. The EU, and specifically France, chose to be a vassal in someone else's geopolitical drama rather than a sovereign actor defending its own diplomatic channels. The cost is measured in lost credibility across Africa and the Global South. A strategically assertive EU would have publicly rejected the coercion, stating clearly that its guest list is its own, and that dialogue with non-aligned states is essential, not optional. Instead, Brussels demonstrated that its strategic autonomy is, for now, a paper doctrine. When pressured, it folds. // #Geopolitics #G7 #SouthAfrica #USForeignPolicy #StrategicAutonomy #Diplomacy