NLP-POL Series

Second analysis of NLP-POL, applying Natural Language Processing to political science. This analysis examines President Macron's annual address to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace on January 8, 2026 — a key moment for defining French diplomatic doctrine.

Corpus: 359 sentences — January 8, 2026 ambassadors conference
Geopolitical Vision
+0.08

Slightly optimistic worldview — 61% opportunity frames vs threat frames. Pragmatic rather than alarmist.

Agency Index
85%

France positioned as proactive actor — only 3% victim positioning. Leadership without fatalism.

Policy Ambition

56% programmatic, 40% aspirational, only 3% concrete. Emphasis on diplomatic method over content.

Diplomatic Positioning

Europe prioritized (+0.59). USA neutral, China negative. Ukraine and India as emerging partners.

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NLP-POL: Macron Diplomacy Analysis
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Method & Code

All code, data, and methodology are open source and available for replication:

nlp-pol Analysis repository
Transcribe-tool Transcription & tokenization
LLM_Tool LLM annotation framework