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French Interventions in Africa: Reluctant Multilateralism book cover

1st Edition

French Interventions in Africa Reluctant Multilateralism

Edited By Stefano Recchia, Thierry Tardy Copyright 2021
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge
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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,... Read more

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

Biography

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.

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