Marine Le Pen: Withdrawal From NATO?

By Philippe Le Corre

Philippe Le Corre is a visiting fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings. His research focuses on France and the future of Europe, as well as China's foreign policy. His is also a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts and Science and a senior adviser to Sciences Po Executive Education. He has written multiple books and contributed to a number of publications, and he writes a column for one of France's top daily newspapers, Ouest France. Between 2004 and 2007, Le Corre served with France's Ministry of Defense. He received a bachelor's in international law and a master's in political science from the Paris I Sorbonne University. He is also the recipient of a certificate in Asian studies from the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales.

French voters head to the polls Sunday to choose their next president: centrist Emmanuel Macron or far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen. On the campaign trail, Le Pen has advocated closer relations with Russia and said she wants to pull France out of both the European Union and NATO. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder spoke with Philippe Le Corre, a visiting fellow from France at the Brookings Institution who formerly served in France’s Ministry of Defense, about what a Le Pen presidency could mean for defense and security.

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