La France et le Moyen-Orient : entre nostalgie et réalisme

In: Politique étrangère: revue trimestrielle publiée par l'Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Band 60, Heft 4, S. 941-957

Abstract

France and the Middle East, Between Nostalgia and Realism, by Bassma Kodmani-Darwish
After the election of Jacques Chirac, France has to think over its Middle Eastern policy, namely by modernising the concept of an " Arab policy " as initiated by General de Gaulle and defining the parameters of an efficient role in a changing Middle East. Europe has become the framework for a growing number of issues, particularly the Arab-Israeli peace process and the partnership with the Southern Mediterranean countries. Lastly a major challenge to France's diplomacy today is the Islamist factor in the Middle East towards which it should avoid devising an Islamic policy as an answer.