‘A Piecemeal Approach with No Vision’
French Policy Towards Africa under Nicolas Sarkozy
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| ID | 23404530 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Gordon D Cummings (0000-0003-2912-8908, autor correspondente), Gordon D Cumming |
| Ano | 2013 |
| Páginas | 104-129 |
| Data de publicação | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | CHAPTER |
| Periódico | Sarkozy Presidency (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Editora | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137025326_6 |
| OpenAlex | W2485770042 |
| ISBN | 9781137025326 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 12 |
In December 2007, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, welcomed Colonel Muammar Ghadafi on a state visit, even allowing the Libyan leader to plant his bedouin tent in the grounds of the Elysée Palace. Some three years later, Sarkozy was at the forefront of the NATO-led campaign against Ghadafi. This dramatic change of posture was ultimately the result of quite a specific set of circumstances: the urgency of the humanitarian situation in Benghazi, Sarkozy’s readiness to order air strikes without even consulting his own Foreign Ministry, and France’s need to regain the initiative in North Africa after being caught off guard by the speed of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. Yet however unique the Libyan case may have been, it did reflect a new readiness on the part of French policy-makers to overhaul existing practices and accompany the spontaneous popular movements that had sprung up across North Africa. In so doing, it highlighted the sheer immobility of French policy south of the Sahara and led to renewed demands for a rupture (a clean break) with Françafrique (France’s neocolonial, clientelistic and, often corrupt, relations with black Africa). 1 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |