A French Policy for the Asia-Pacific?, by François Godement Whilst France's Asian policy tends to be episodic and receives fitful attention from French political leaders it has obtained its first économie results and started to amend its ways and means. The crisis that it is faced with because of the reaction in the region to French nuclear tests could be positive if it stimulates political interest in Asian preoccupations. The presence of France in Asia needs European back-up from an economie point of view, since France like the other European countries does not have the economie clout to make an overall offer. On the contrary, from a political point of view, French policy should avoid becoming reduced to a European common denominator and ...