Without any concern for the UN, the US proceeded to set up a core group
of nations to deal with the disaster. Partners in the group were
Australia, Japan and India. It is this alliance that will matter most to
the US in the future. The four big Pacific democracies, three with
strong Anglo-Saxon histories, will most likely develop into the central
alliance of the twenty-first century.

In response to

the Anglo-Saxon alliance, France has once again attempted to dominate
Europe through the EU while interfering with American foreign policy
goals when strategically possible. Chief among such actions is the
effort by the French to curry favor with the Chinese dictatorship, as
well as with left-leaning Latin American nations, most notably Brazil.
The problem with this traditional French strategy is that it leaves the
pays des droits de l'homme in league with the world's most reprehensible
regimes. On the other hand, the strategy does pay off somewhat with
nations like Brazil, but unfortunately for France it's a strategy that
requires more resources than France is able to muster.

In the European theatre alone, France is constantly forced to attempt to
dominate the rest of the continent in order to gain its objectives,
while Britain has been content to use well-timed alliances to achieve
its goals, withdrawing from the continent when balance has once again
been secured. Because France lacks the political and economic might to
enforce its will it often is left to arrogant posturing, as was the case
when it told the East Europeans that they had missed a good opportunity
to shut up during the lead-up to the Iraq war. In this regard, the
expansion of the EU is a disaster for France, as each new member dilutes
French dominance.