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Multilateral Gaullism - Explaining French Policy Reorientation toward Multilateralism in Africa

Carlsson, Tobias (2007)
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The Franco-African liaison has in the 21th century evolved from a bilateral to a multilateral logic of affiliation. This policy transformation is to a significant extent due to the French rationalisation of resources, which can be understood as an attempt to extract external resources from multilateral institutions, such as the European Union. France increasingly uses these organisations? capabilities and resources to achieve its own policy goals in Africa. The strategy is put into operation as France is in economic decline and sees its privileged position in Africa challenged by other state actors. As visible consequences, French aid to development has gained a significantly multilateral profile and the EU is conducting French-initiated... (More)
The Franco-African liaison has in the 21th century evolved from a bilateral to a multilateral logic of affiliation. This policy transformation is to a significant extent due to the French rationalisation of resources, which can be understood as an attempt to extract external resources from multilateral institutions, such as the European Union. France increasingly uses these organisations? capabilities and resources to achieve its own policy goals in Africa. The strategy is put into operation as France is in economic decline and sees its privileged position in Africa challenged by other state actors. As visible consequences, French aid to development has gained a significantly multilateral profile and the EU is conducting French-initiated and controlled military operations in Africa. Traditional Gaullist policies are in this way given a new face. (Less)
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author
Carlsson, Tobias
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Franco-African relations, foreign policy change, aid-policy in Africa, Artémis, ESDP, Gaullism, Jacques Chirac, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
language
English
id
1323078
date added to LUP
2007-06-12 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-06-12 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{The Franco-African liaison has in the 21th century evolved from a bilateral to a multilateral logic of affiliation. This policy transformation is to a significant extent due to the French rationalisation of resources, which can be understood as an attempt to extract external resources from multilateral institutions, such as the European Union. France increasingly uses these organisations? capabilities and resources to achieve its own policy goals in Africa. The strategy is put into operation as France is in economic decline and sees its privileged position in Africa challenged by other state actors. As visible consequences, French aid to development has gained a significantly multilateral profile and the EU is conducting French-initiated and controlled military operations in Africa. Traditional Gaullist policies are in this way given a new face.}},
  author       = {{Carlsson, Tobias}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Multilateral Gaullism - Explaining French Policy Reorientation toward Multilateralism in Africa}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}