Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe
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Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe

How France Changed Foreign Policy

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Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe

How France Changed Foreign Policy

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Analyzing changes in the role and place of NATO, European integration, and Franco-American relations in foreign policy discourse under Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, this book provides an original perspective on French foreign policy and its identity construction.

The book employs a novel research design for the analysis of foreign policies, which can be used beyond the case of France, by combining the discourse theory of the Essex School with Interpretive Policy Analysis to examine political ideas and how they are organized into a foreign policy identity. On these grounds, the volume undertakes a comparative analysis of parliamentary and executive discourse of President Chirac's failed attempt at NATO reintegration in the 1990s, Sarkozy's successful attempt in the 2000s, and the Libyan War. Ostermann depicts French foreign policy and identity as turning away from the European Union, atlanticizing, and losing its American nemesis. As a result, France uses a much more pragmatic, de-unionized, and pro-American strategy to implement foreign policy objectives than before.

Offering a new and innovative explanation for a major change in French foreign policy and grand strategy, this book will be of great interest to scholars of NATO, European defense cooperation, and foreign policy.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
ISBN
9780429999437
Edition
1
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Title
  4. Book Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. TOC
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgement
  10. Abbreviation
  11. 1 Introduction: rediscovering discourse and identity in French security and defense policy
  12. Excursus: general characteristics of French foreign policy discourse – agents and parties
  13. 2 Chirac’s failed NATO reintegration: European identity confirmed
  14. 3 Sarkozy’s successful NATO reintegration and the end of ambivalence: identity change starting
  15. 4 The normalization of French CSDP policies during the Libyan War: identity reconstructed
  16. 5 Conclusions
  17. Epilogue: continuity or change with Hollande and Macron?
  18. Bibiliography
  19. Index