French Foreign Policy in a Changing World Practising Grandeur
‘While domestic identity politics dictates that France must be a great power, international realities spell a less exalted status for the former colonial power. This book is an up-to-the-minute brief on how this dilemma drives French foreign policy.’
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Pernille Rieker
French Foreign Policy in a Changing World Practising Grandeur
Pernille Rieker Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Oslo, Norway
ISBN 978-3-319-55268-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55269-9
ISBN 978-3-319-55269-9 (eBook)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Work on this book was initiated with support from the NUPI project ‘Advancing female leadership in the institute sector’ (NUPIBAL) and was written as a core deliverable to the research project ‘Evaluating Power Political Repertoires (EPOS)’, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (no. 250419). Several years of study in France in the 1990s awakened my interest in French politics, which also became a main research focus. I am grateful to NUPI – the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs – for giving me the opportunity to write this book. It has been particularly interesting – and challenging – to write this in a period where the political scene is changing so rapidly with Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and last but not least this years rather interesting French Presidential elections. My analysis focuses on how French foreign policy has been practised so far, ending with the Hollande presidency. How Macron will influence French foreign and security policy in the years to come is of course difficult to say. Still, I think that the main argument presented in this book will remain valid: the foreign policy options available t
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