Nicolas Sarkozy's Africa policy: Change, continuity or confusion?

Cumming, Gordon David

doi:10.1057/fp.2012.24

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“…5 A 'domaine réservé' is an area of competence where the President of the French Republic can claim a particular, predominant role. Under Mitterrand, African affairs were considered as such (see Chafer (2005) and Cumming (2013)). 7 The Arusha Agreement was signed in June 1992 and was 'an extremely ambitious plan that called for Tutsi-Hutu power sharing, an integrated Hutu-Tutsi army, democratic elections and a transitional government' (Fleitz 2002, 150).…”

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Two decades later: understanding the French response to the Rwandan genocide

Staunton

2016

Modern & Contemporary France

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Two decades later, the Rwandan genocide has been broadly analysed and to a certain extent, so has the French response to the genocide. Nevertheless, even though the literature covers extensively how the French executive responded to the genocide, it remains confusing when it comes to explaining why it responded in such a controversial way since twosomewhat contradictoryaccounts have been put forward. In order to address this lack of clarity, the article analyses these main accounts and concludes that they both present key weaknesses that prevent us from fully understanding France's controversial response. Building on Prunier's testimony, this article suggests a third explanation by arguing that the 'Fashoda syndrome' had a strong influence on President Mitterrand and should be taken into account more consistently, not only when studying the French response in Rwanda, but also Mitterrand's foreign policy in Africa more generally.

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Two decades later: understanding the French response to the Rwandan genocide

Staunton

2016

Modern & Contemporary France

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“…With the interest to investigate to what extent today's Franco-African relations reflect the past, many scholars have been exploring the degree of continuity or change in French foreign and security policy-making in Africa (see Moncrieff, 2012;Cumming, 2013;Charbonneau, 2008a;Bocvon, 2011;Chafer, 2014). Re-examining both the discourse and policy of the French security state in sub-Saharan Africa, Charbonneau (2008a: 3-4) emphasizes two dimensions: (1) the policy is the result of the relationships of French and African elites, their mutual interests, their transnational hegemony over social conditions and the policy discourse, and their mutual objectives in sustaining and reproducing the status quo, and that (2) French security policy vis-à-vis Africa has always been part of a Western strategy of national and global domination, control, and governance.…”

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الخطاب الرسمی السعودی لوسائل الإعلام العربیة والعالمیة- دراسة تطبیقیة على السیاسات الداخلیة وقضایا العلاقات الخارجیة

العساف¹

2023

مجلة البحوث الإعلامیة

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Notwithstanding the promises of an end to the Françafrique era, France remains the desired external security actor in francophone Africa. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the discursive legitimation strategies of Emmanuel Macron on France's military activism in Mali, inquiring 'How did the French President Emmanuel Macron discursively legitimize France's military presence in Mali before the announcement of the end of Operation Barkhane?'. The aim is further to explore the construction of the French Self and the Malian Other in the legitimation discourse, asking 'How did Macron construct a French 'Self' and a Malian 'Other' in his discourse as legitimate reasons for maintaining the intervention?'. By applying an interpretivist, poststructuralist discourse analysis to official statements published between 2017 and 2021, the thesis concludes that Macron's discursive legitimation strategies remain approximately similar, yet the greater emphasis on rhetorical themes of equal partnership, non-interference in internal affairs, democracy and an ever-increasing multilateralism have taken place in the face of Paris' damaged legitimacy. Focusing on the construction of the Self and the Other affirms that Macron constructs the Malian Other as significantly different from the French Self even though the country is seen as capable of transformation and cooperation, requiring the compliance of Western advice.

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“…Studies that describe a more modern stage of French African politics are significant. For example, a number of researchers state a deep transformation of the French political course during the government of N. Sarkozy (Banégas et al, 2007), while others claim to maintain continuity (Cumming, 2013). The subsequent period associated with the presidency of F. Hollande is considered in the works of Boisbouvier (2015) and Chafer (2014), as well as the study of Leboeuf and Quénot-Suarez (2014).…”

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Modern French Policy on the African Continent: Transformations of a Françafrique Model

Medushevskiy

Шишкина

2021

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This article focuses on the policy of France’s Fifth Republic on the African continent, primarily in the area of historical French influence formed during the colonial period. We analyze the conditions, prerequisites, and mechanisms for the development of cooperation between France and the African states, with reference to the implementation of France’s national interests. In this study, we aim to identify and generalize the models and methods of pursuing French national interests on the African continent, including in connection with the development of individual African states, as well as the impact of globalization.

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Nicolas Sarkozy's Africa policy: Change, continuity or confusion?

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Two decades later: understanding the French response to the Rwandan genocide

Two decades later: understanding the French response to the Rwandan genocide

الخطاب الرسمی السعودی لوسائل الإعلام العربیة والعالمیة- دراسة تطبیقیة على السیاسات الداخلیة وقضایا العلاقات الخارجیة

Modern French Policy on the African Continent: Transformations of a Françafrique Model

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