Battling Instability? The Recurring Logic of French Military Interventions in Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12976372
AutoresNicolas Powell (0000-0003-0419-8598, Pierre du Bois Foundation, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen10
Número1
Páginas47-72
Fecha de publicación2016-12-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Security (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1939-2206 • E-ISSN: 1939-2214
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19392206.2016.1270141
OpenAlexW2564376228
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18

This article examines continuities in the logic of postcolonial French military activism in Africa. It examines the long history of major French interventions on the continent, pointing to historically recurring views of threats, decision-making processes, and impact on the ground. Using this historical perspective, it evaluates the strategy and prospects of current French efforts in the Sahel. This article argues that French policy has largely failed in its stabilization goals. Principally, this is because it has strengthened the very factors at the source of the instability that France has aimed to contain

Development economics · Economics · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology