Les inflexions de la stratégie militaire de la France avec la « fin » de la guerre froide

Jacques Fontanel () and Jean-Paul Hébert
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: With the collapse of the Soviet Union, armaments issues are taking a turn that was unexpected a decade ago. From now on, the Cold War should disappear and the questions of the arms race and disarmament (voluntary or induced by the economic crisis) are changing the diplomatic and political language. France probably no longer has the means to continue to engage in a high-ranking military policy, especially since, at least for the next two decades, conflicts between the nuclear powers should be greatly reduced, even if American leadership will not fail to raise the question of NATO later on, both for its members and for those who are not invited. There is a profound change in France's defence policy, with the end of conscription and the rapprochement with European countries, especially in the field of technology and the manufacture of military equipment. A European conception of defence is beginning to interest the government, with the idea that nuclear weapons could be the spearhead of it.

Keywords: Military expenditure; arms production; arms exports; nuclear forces; Europe.; France; Europe; Dépenses militaires; Production des armes; exportations d’armes; forces nucléaires (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-05
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Published in Industries d’armement dans le monde,, 1998

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