In Mali, France is not seeking to lay claim to resources, export democracy, or extend a Françafrique in which it no longer believes. More prosaically, France seeks to stabilize a country that is subject to violent forces that are not always led by Malians, and that are likely to disrupt the whole sub-region while threatening Europe.
在马里，法国并没有要求资源、出口民主或是扩张它已不再信任的“法语区”。法国寻求的是让一个有可能被并不一定由马里人领导的暴力势力主宰的实现稳定，而这可能影响整个撒哈拉以南非洲，并威胁欧洲。