French Foreign Policy in a Changing World

French Foreign Policy in a Changing World
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 189
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ISBN-10 : 9783319552699
ISBN-13 : 3319552694
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis French Foreign Policy in a Changing World by : Pernille Rieker

This book investigates how modern French foreign policy is practiced. France finds its traditional power status challenged by internal as well as external developments. Internally, it faces societal challenges related to unemployment, integration, social exclusion, Islamist terrorism and the rise of populism. Externally, its status is challenged by global and regional developments – including the financial crises, competition from emerging states, EU enlargement and a more powerful Germany. While the French recognise that they no longer have great-power economic or military power capacities, the conviction of the universal value of French civilization and culture remains strong. As this book argues, for France to be able to punch above its weight in international politics, it must effectively promote the value of ‘French universalism’ and culture. This study investigates how this is reflected in modern French foreign policy by examining foreign policy practices towards selected regions/countries and in relation to external and internal security. Written by a senior researcher specializing in French and EU foreign and security policy, this book will be an invaluable resource for practitioners of foreign policy and students of French politics, international relations and European studies.

French Foreign Policy Since 1945

French Foreign Policy Since 1945
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 1785332767
ISBN-13 : 9781785332760
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis French Foreign Policy Since 1945 by : Fr Bozo

Part I. The era of frustration (1945-1958) -- France's difficult entry into the Cold War -- French powerlessness -- Part II. Challenging the status quo (1958-1969) -- Re-establishing France's "rank"--Challenging the established order -- The apogee of de Gaulle's grand policy -- Part III. Imanaging de Gaulle's legacy (1969-1981) -- Opting for continuity -- The education of a president -- Part IV. The end of the Cold War (1981-1995) -- New Cold War, new detente -- The end of "Yalta" -- Part V. France and globalization (1995-2015) -- In search of a multipolar world -- Charts

Foreign Policy and the French Revolution

Foreign Policy and the French Revolution
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Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106019869087
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Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Foreign Policy and the French Revolution by : Patricia Chastain Howe

This study of the French Revolution reveals that from March 1792 to April 1793, French foreign policy was dominated not by the leaders of the French revolutionary government, but by two successive French foreign ministers, Charles-Francois Dumouriez and Pierre LeBrun.

History and Foreign Policy in France and Germany

History and Foreign Policy in France and Germany
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9780230353954
ISBN-13 : 0230353959
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis History and Foreign Policy in France and Germany by : Ulrich Krotz

Why do states similar in size, resources and capabilities significantly differ in their basic orientations and actions across major domains in foreign policy, security and defense? This book addresses this important question by analyzing the major differences between the foreign policies of France and Germany over extended periods of time.

Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe

Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9780429999437
ISBN-13 : 0429999437
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe by : Falk Ostermann

Analyzing changes in the role and place of NATO, European integration, and Franco-American relations in foreign policy discourse under Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, this book provides an original perspective on French foreign policy and its identity construction. The book employs a novel research design for the analysis of foreign policies, which can be used beyond the case of France, by combining the discourse theory of the Essex School with Interpretive Policy Analysis to examine political ideas and how they are organized into a foreign policy identity. On these grounds, the volume undertakes a comparative analysis of parliamentary and executive discourse of President Chirac’s failed attempt at NATO reintegration in the 1990s, Sarkozy’s successful attempt in the 2000s, and the Libyan War. Ostermann depicts French foreign policy and identity as turning away from the European Union, atlanticizing, and losing its American nemesis. As a result, France uses a much more pragmatic, de-unionized, and pro-American strategy to implement foreign policy objectives than before. Offering a new and innovative explanation for a major change in French foreign policy and grand strategy, this book will be of great interest to scholars of NATO, European defense cooperation, and foreign policy.

Globalizing de Gaulle

Globalizing de Gaulle
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9780739142509
ISBN-13 : 073914250X
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Globalizing de Gaulle by : Christian Nuenlist

French President Charles de Gaulle (1958-1969) has consistently fascinated contemporaries and historians. His vision_conceived out of national interest_of uniting Europe under French leadership and overcoming the Cold War still remains relevant and appealing. De Gaulle's towering personality and his challenge to US hegemony in the Cold War have inspired a vast number of political biographies and analyses of the foreign policies of the Fifth Republic mostly from French or US angle. In contrast, this book serves to rediscover de Gaulle's global policies how they changed the Cold War. Offering truly global perspectives on France's approach to the world during de Gaulle's presidency, the 13 well-matched essays by leading experts in the field tap into newly available sources drawn from US, European, Asian, African and Latin American archives. Together, the contributions integrate previously neglected regions, actors and topics with more familiar and newly approached phenomena into a global picture of the General's international policy-making. The volume at hand is an example of how cutting-edge research benefits from multipolar and multi-archival approaches and from attention to big, middle and smaller powers as well as institutions.

Foreign Policy Change in Europe Since 1991

Foreign Policy Change in Europe Since 1991
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9783030682187
ISBN-13 : 3030682188
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Foreign Policy Change in Europe Since 1991 by : Jeroen K. Joly

In the past three decades, the world has witnessed many rapid and invasive changes, and seems to be changing countries have adapted their foreign policies to these changes. Building on a clear typology of foreign policy change and a consistent theoretical framework, this book offers a comparative analysis of foreign policy change in Europe throughout the post-Cold War period. Along the lines of our analytical framework, country experts discuss how and why the further ever more rapidly in ways that seemed only imaginable in movies. This book investigates how European foreign policies of eleven European countries have changed over the past thirty years. This book hereby advances our understanding of the phenomenon of foreign policy change and identifies the most important drivers and inhibitors of change.

Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis

Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781134722365
ISBN-13 : 1134722362
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis by : Henrik Larsen

Henrik Larsen presents discourse analysis as an alternative approach to foreign policy analysis. Through an extensive empirical study of British and French policies towards Europe in the 1980s, he demonstrates the importance of political discourse in shaping foreign policy. The author discusses key theoretical problems within traditional belief system approaches and proposes an alternative one: political discourse analysis. The theory is illustrated through detailed analyses of British and French discourses on Europe, nation/state security and the nature of international relations.

China's Second Continent

China's Second Continent
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9780307946652
ISBN-13 : 0307946657
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis China's Second Continent by : Howard W. French

A New York Times Notable Book Chinese immigrants of the recent past and unfolding twenty-first century are in search of the African dream. So explains indefatigable traveler Howard W. French, prize-winning investigative journalist and former New York Times bureau chief in Africa and China, in the definitive account of this seismic geopolitical development. China’s burgeoning presence in Africa is already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. From Liberia to Senegal to Mozambique, in creaky trucks and by back roads, French introduces us to the characters who make up China’s dogged emigrant population: entrepreneurs singlehandedly reshaping African infrastructure, and less-lucky migrants barely scraping by but still convinced of Africa’s opportunities. French’s acute observations offer illuminating insight into the most pressing unknowns of modern Sino-African relations: Why China is making these cultural and economic incursions into the continent; what Africa’s role is in this equation; and what the ramifications for both parties and their people—and the watching world—will be in the foreseeable future. One of the Best Books of the Year at • The Economist • The Guardian • Foreign Affairs

French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940

French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0415150396
ISBN-13 : 9780415150392
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis French Foreign and Defence Policy, 1918-1940 by : Robert W. D. Boyce

With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book examines France's strategies for protection against Germany and appeasement during this period, and places interwar relations in a larger European context.