Rapid Fire April 29, 2013: With New Defense Whitepaper, France Dodges Necessary Tradeoffs

Rapid Fire April 29, 2013: With New Defense Whitepaper, France Dodges Necessary Tradeoffs

* The French government released a much-delayed White Paper [PDF, in French] to refresh France’s defense outlook. What happened since the previous Livre Blanc published in 2008? The global financial crisis and the accelerated degradation of public finances in...