French Interventions in Africa

Reluctant Multilateralism
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-61851-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 234 g

This book explores France’s African intervention policy and related legitimation strategies through the United Nations, the European Union, and various ad hoc multilateral frameworks. France’s enduring ability to project military power on the African continent and influence political events there has been central to its self-perception as a major power. However, since the end of the cold war, France’s paternalistic interference has been increasingly questioned, not least by African audiences. This has produced a gradual and somewhat reluctant turn to multilateralism on the part of French leaders. Drawing on in-depth case studies of recent French intervention policy, this edited volume critically assesses France’s efforts to reassure critics by securing multilateral endorsements; share burdens and liabilities through collective implementation; and re-affirm its status as a major power by spearheading complex missions.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Strategic Studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Recchia, Stefano

Tardy, Thierry

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: French military operations in Africa: Reluctant multilateralism

Stefano Recchia and Thierry Tardy

1. France’s interventions in Mali and the Sahel: A historical institutionalist perspective

Tony Chafer, Gordon Cumming and Roel van der Velde

2. A legitimate sphere of influence: Understanding France’s turn to multilateralism in Africa

Stefano Recchia

3. France’s military operations in Africa: Between institutional pragmatism and agnosticism

Thierry Tardy

4. Multilateralism as a tool: Exploring French military cooperation in the Sahel

Benedikt Erforth

5. A tale of three French interventions: Intervention entrepreneurs and institutional intervention choices

Marina Henke

Über Autor(innen)

Stefano Recchia holds the John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security as an associate professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, USA.

Thierry Tardy is Director of the Research Division at the NATO Defence College in Rome, Italy, and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.