Inside Story
Can Washington sooth tensions across the Atlantic?
President Biden trying seeking to calm France down amid fallout from the AUKUS security pact between the US, UK and Australia.
After a five-day standoff, the US and France have made efforts to ease tensions.
President Emmanuel Macron agreed to send the French ambassador back to the US after a phone call with Biden who pledged not to cut Paris out of future decisions in the Indo-Pacific region.
The two leaders agreed to meet in Europe next month.
But will that make any difference? And will Europe go it alone in defending itself?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests
Emmanuel Dupuy – President of Institute for European Perspective & Security
Theresa Fallon – Director of Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies
Mujtaba Rahman – Managing director for Europe at Eurasia Group
