Contemporary French Security Policy in Africa

On Ideas and Wars
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-17580-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 428 g

Reihe: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy

Despite efforts to normalize its post-colonial relationship and the downsizing of its permanent military presence, France remains a sought-after security provider in Africa. This book uncovers individual and collective motivations that drive French foreign and security policy in Africa. It explains French interventionism by drawing on actors’ subjective perceptions of reality and seeks to answer why French decision-makers are ready to accept the considerable risks and costs involved in guaranteeing the security of African countries. Adopting an actor-centric constructivist ontology, the author traces the emergence and subsequent development of ideas throughout the decision-making processes that led to Operation Serval in Mali and Operation Sangaris in the Central African Republic.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erforth, Benedikt

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: France's New Interventionism in Africa.- 2. Ever Just the Same? French Foreign and Security Policy in Africa.- 3. Agents, Structures, and Ideas.- 4. Securitizing Mali: No Free Ride for Terrorists in Francophone Africa.- 5. Avoiding a Second Rwanda: Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic.- 6. After the Storm.

Über Autor(innen)

Benedikt Erforth holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento and has taught international relations, foreign policy, and EU politics at Sciences Po Paris, France. His work has been published in Millennium, the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and the European Review of International Affairs.