Beyond Fashoda

Anglo-French security cooperation in Africa since Saint-Malo

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ID4032797
AutoresTony Chafer (0000-0003-3116-8490, University of Portsmouth), Gordon D Cummings (0000-0003-2912-8908, Cardiff University), Gordon Cummings, Gordon Cumming
Ano2010
Volume86
Fascículo5
Páginas1129-1147
Data de publicação2010-09-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00932.x
OpenAlexW2100763768
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20

Traditionally divided on security matters, France and Britain broke new ground when they signed the 1998 Saint-Malo agreement, promising to collaborate on defence and security, and pledging to cooperate bilaterally and in a ‘bi-multi’ fashion on Africa. This Anglo-French collaboration is the focus of this article, which begins by setting out the lack of UK—French security cooperation in Africa from the colonial to the early post-Cold War era. It then shows how there has been a degree of institutionalization of Anglo-French relations, alongside greater cooperation in terms of ESDP missions and the training of African peacekeepers. Next, this study explains the recent evolution of UK—French security relations in terms of neo-classical realist theory. Finally, it assesses the likelihood of closer Anglo-French security collaboration in the future

Cold war · Colonialism · Economics · Economy · Institutionalisation · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Security studies · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration