1st Edition

French-German Military Cooperation and European Defence From Driving Engine to Divergence of Interests?

By Delphine Deschaux-Dutard Copyright 2025
232 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the role of French-German cooperation within European military cooperation and European defence, and particularly the CSDP (Common Security and Defence Policy). The work explores whether Franco-German bilateral leadership is still relevant in European defence and military cooperation at the EU level, and analyses the reasons for its difficulties in the current context of the... Read more

Introduction  1. The French-German Engine Within European Defence, 1990-2021: Fostering Bilateral Coordinative Discourse at the European Level  2. Practising Bilateral Military Cooperation in a European Context  3. Bilateral Military Cooperation and European Defence From the Actors’ Viewpoint: Officers, Diplomats and Their National and Professional Resources  4. French and German Strategic Cultures and Discourses In Evolution: Is France still from Mars and Germany from Venus?  5. France, Germany and The "War Economy”: Converging or Diverging over the Means for Defence at the European Level?  6. Communicative Discourses around French-German Military Cooperation  Conclusion

Biography

Delphine Deschaux-Dutard is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Grenoble Alpes, France, and Deputy Director of the Centre for International Security and European Cooperation Studies (CESICE). She is author or editor of eight books, including Research Methods in Defence Studies (2020), and numerous journal articles.