Chirac of France: A New Leader of the West?

Moïsi, Dominique

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“…Then, as now, the prospect of a successful reintegration into NATO was strengthened by the conviction that leaders were in power in both countries who were determined to improve not just NATO's performance but the quality of the FranceÁUS relationship as well. Those leaders were Jacques Chirac and Bill Clinton, and the year was 1995, a time when opportunities for enhanced relations seemed boundless (Moïsi 1995, Grant 1996, Delafon and Sancton 1999). Yet we know how that particular story ended, and significantly, it did not require the arrival in power of George W. Bush to return the FranceÁUS relationship to its suboptimal trend line, for by early 1999 Á i.e.…”

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Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

Haglund

2010

European Security

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This paper's title, invoking as it does the optimism of Franklin D. Roosevelt's theme song during his 1932 presidential campaign, speaks to a growing expectation that a profound change for the better is in store for the FrancoAmerican relationship. That bilateral relationship has long been billed as one between the world's two 'oldest allies', with the unstated assumption being that because they have been such longstanding 'partners' in international security, they must typically interact in a constructive fashion, advancing in the process not only their own respective national interests but also the interests of the greater community (the 'West') to which they belong. The reality of their interaction since they initially became allies (in 1778) is, of course, quite different, and is best characterised by long periods of strategic ennui disrupted by occasional moments of bliss and just as occasional bouts of vehement animosity. Although alliance dynamics have not been the only, or even the chief, source of upset in the FrancoAmerican security relationship, there is no denying that at times the two states have differed bitterly over matters precisely because they have been allies. The Western alliance, for each state though for different reasons, has served as a symbolic referent of the first order of importance. Therefore, the nature of their involvement with NATO could be said to serve as a shorthand means of assessing the nature of their involvement with each other. If this is so, then France's reintegration into NATO's military side might reasonably be taken as a harbinger of long-term improvement in the quality of the FranceÁUS strategic relationship. This seems to be what many analysts believe, at least. It is the aim of this article to examine critically this supposition.

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Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

Haglund

2010

European Security

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“…For that reason, at the Madrid Summit French President Jacques Chirac said that France would not grant a centime to financing the expenses of the Alliance's enlargement (Rzeczpospolita, July, 9, 1999). Primarily, France at the time of presidency of Jacques Chirac (1995-2007) earnestly promoted the concepts of multipolarity and multilateralism, and thus objected the consolidation of US hegemony in the world [18][19][20].…”

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France’s security strategy for the 21st century

Zięba¹

2022

Vestnik SPbSU. International relations

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After the end of the Cold War, France issued the first document defining its national security strategy only in 1994. In the following years, despite its involvement in NATO and European Union enlargement, France did not publish any documents defining its security strategy. Only when Europe and the world found themselves in the process of reconfiguration of the international order at the end of the first decade of the 21st century did France begin to issue extensive documents defining its defense and national security strategy. As international terrorism became the greatest threat to France, the first document published in 2006 dealt with its position regarding this global phenomenon. Subsequently, White Papers on Defense and National Security were published in 2008 and 2013, followed by the Strategic Review of Defense and National Security in 2017. These documents define threats and challenges to the security of France, as well as its goals, and means and methods for strengthening it. They make up a broad understanding of the security of the state, society and the individuals, and international security. They show the programming of France as a European and world power. The author draws attention to some similarities and differences with the national security strategy of the Russian Federation. The analysis is conducted using the neorealist approach.

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Bozo¹

1998

NATO and Collective Security

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Chirac of France: A New Leader of the West?

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Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

Happy days are here again? France's reintegration into NATO and its impact on relations with the USA

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