Diplomatie à la française.

France in the world.

Map of Gaul in the time of Caesar, from William Shepherd's Historic Atlas, 1911, New York.

In this week’s Not in Dispatches, we zoom out from the current headlines and look at the member of the UN Security Council “Permanent 5” which is getting a little less attention these days. China? Britain? Mais, non. La France.

While France may not be on today’s fro…