No. 206: Defense Choices for the Next French President

Author(s): Daniel Keohane
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 206
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017

France has been the most militarily active European member of NATO in recent years, including a large domestic deployment because of an ongoing state of emergency. The next French President may have to make some major defense policy choices; on operations, spending, capabilities and international partnerships. Can France maintain its ambition to be a European power with global reach?

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Operational Committments of the French Armed Forces