Abstract
The manifestation of the American hegemony since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 has created a new pattern for international relations in which the United States is the ‘hyper power' everyone has to take into consideration before acting. France, once one of the most important countries in the world during the time of her colonial empire, is now, with Germany and the United Kingdom, among the leaders of the European Union. This still relative influence in the world affairs has lead to a high number of its leaders to preach the value of a multi-polar world, in which the French nation could play a greater role. This claim for better distribution of powers can also be considered as an attempt by France to require more consideration from the United States. But the problem is that the French government, like a number of other countries throughout the world, tends to neglect the fact that the American foreign policy is shaped by domestic-level factors. These ones would affect the nature of the US relations with any other countries, and more particularly its own allies.
