Plus CA Change French NATO Rapprochement.

On December 5, 1995, the French government announced its decision to increase its level of participation in NATO. Although France was not rejoining the Alliances integrated military structure, the French Foreign Minister would resume attending meetings of NATOs Military Committee in an official capa...

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Main Author: Anderson, Craig
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
Subjects:
Military Forces and Organizations
Logistics
Military Facilities and Supplies
*FOREIGN POLICY
*NATO
*POLICIES
*FRANCE
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
WARFARE
MILITARY STRATEGY
NATIONAL SECURITY
GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
SECURITY
THESES
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
EUROPEAN SECURITY
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA333475
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA333475
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Summary:On December 5, 1995, the French government announced its decision to increase its level of participation in NATO. Although France was not rejoining the Alliances integrated military structure, the French Foreign Minister would resume attending meetings of NATOs Military Committee in an official capacity. This decision broke with 30 years of French foreign policy begun by President Charles de Gaulle when he withdrew French forces from NATO in 1966. Why has Paris changed its NATO policy? Officially, the French government stated that it wanted to take an active role in reforming the Alliance after the end of the Cold War and to strengthen the European contribution to North Atlantic security. However, while these were actual French foreign policy goals, achieving them was not the primary reason that France changed its NATO policy. Several events, including the Gulf War and the Bosnian conflict had revealed the weakness of the French military and its inability to carry out French foreign policy objectives. At the same time, the sluggish French economy prevented France from modernizing its forces. Faced with these realities, France had little choice but to expand its ties to NATO in the interest of its own national security.

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