POST: What the President Said: Sarkozy Maps Out French Defense Future, By Christina Mackenzie, Ares, 6/17/2008

POST: French Defense White Paper Gives Priority to Technology, By Joris Janssen Lok, Ares, 6/17/2008

ARTICLE: France: Aux Armes, The Times, June 18, 2008

This copies the transformation push by the U.S. over the past decade, and signals France's desire to remain relevant to the Leviathan function.

(Thanks: Michael Griffin)