| ID | 153047 |
| Title Proper | Reluctant Atlanticist |
| Other Title Information | france’s security and defence policy in a transatlantic context |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Schmitt, Olivier |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article introduces the key tenets of French foreign and security policy during the Cold War, and illustrates the deep challenges to the French consensus raised by the emergence of a unipolar system. There is a growing gap between the rhetoric of French security policy, emphasizing ‘autonomy’ and ‘sovereignty’ out of habit from the Cold War, and the actual security practices showing a gradual embedding within the transatlantic security structures. In the absence of a new transpartisan grand narrative relevant for the contemporary international system, such embedding is easily portrayed in France as a ‘treason’ from a romanticized Gaullist foreign policy. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 40, No.4; Jun 2017: p.463-474 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol: 40 No 4 |
| Key Words | NATO ; Defence Policy ; France ; International System ; Gaullism |