France and the Problems of Security and Disarmament after the First World War


Autoria(s): Jackson, Peter
Contribuinte(s)

Department of International Politics

Data(s)

07/11/2008

07/11/2008

2006

Resumo

Jackson, Peter, 'France and the Problems of Security and Disarmament after the First World War', Journal of Strategic Studies (2006) 29(2) pp.247-280 Special Issue: Enforcing arms limits: Germany post 1919; Iraq post 1991 RAE2008

This article argues that disarmament negotiations in Geneva played an important but hitherto little understood role in the evolution of French security policy after the First World War. While the majority of French policy-making elites remained unconvinced that collective security and arms reductions could ever form the basis of France's national security policy, they were forced to adapt to the changes in the international and domestic political contexts of the post-war era. Policy makers found it increasingly difficult to ignore the growing prominence of discourses of disarmament and mutual assistance both inside France and in international society. In order to adapt to changes in international norms, foreign policy evolved away from traditional strategies based on the balance of power and military alliances towards multilateral security pacts and an intensified focus on international law. This new approach, which was an amalgamation of traditional alliance politics and liberal internationalist principles, would remain at the centre of French diplomacy through to the mid 1930s.

Peer reviewed

Formato

34

Identificador

Jackson , P 2006 , ' France and the Problems of Security and Disarmament after the First World War ' Journal of Strategic Studies , vol 29 , no. 2 , pp. 247-280 . DOI: 10.1080/01402390600585068

0140-2390

PURE: 80325

PURE UUID: 6efcca8e-a3ff-47eb-8299-2fe6599c8371

dspace: 2160/953

http://hdl.handle.net/2160/953

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390600585068

Idioma(s)

eng

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Journal of Strategic Studies

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