Center for Security Studies

No. 139: France’s New Strategy: The 2013 White Paper

No. 139: France’s New Strategy: The 2013 White Paper

Author(s): Lisa Watanabe
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 139
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

The French White Paper on National Security and Defence has been eagerly awaited. Due to declining defence budgets and military capabilities, France as the major military power in continental Europe is scaling down its ambitions. At the same time, it is seeking to give new momentum to European common security and defence.

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Enlarged view:
French Military Expenditures, 1988-2012
Enlarged view:
France and the "Arc of Instability"
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