From independence to cooperation

France, Nato and European security

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7803520
AutoresAnand Menon (0000-0002-0304-6528, autor de correspondencia)
Año1995
Volumen71
Número1
Páginas19-34
Fecha de publicación1995-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2624008
OpenAlexW2317818360
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

The end of the Cold War necessarily called into question the role of Europe's security institutions, and the attitudes of the major Western powers towards them. After 40 years of monotonous stability, reform became a necessity. Yet whereas its partners (notably Britain and the United States) pressed ahead with the reform of NATO structures in order to ensure the survival of the alliance after 1989, France, although having criticized the workings of the transatlantic security system for many years, was unable to stamp its influence on the shifting European security landscape. French policies towards European security institutions are, however, undergoing a major transformation. Although the roots of this change can, in part, be traced back to previous Socialist governments, it was under the Balladur government that it became most marked. Yet belated adjustment to the security imperatives of post-Cold War Europe has come too late to aid the realization of the French vision of an independent European defence identity emerging out of the ashes of the Cold War

Alliance · Cold war · Economics · Economy · European integration · European union · Government (linguistics) · Independence (probability theory) · International security · International trade · Order (exchange) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Security studies · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · International Law and Aviation · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Public Administration