Domestic politics, leadership, and foreign policy: De Gaulle and French foreign policy making on Algeria war
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https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v46i1.1189Keywords:
De Gaulle, foreign policy making, the Algerian War, the French Constitution of 1958, neoclassical realismAbstract
This article aims to study the French foreign policy making taking De Gaulle and his foreign policy making on Algerian War (1954-1962) as a case study, by using the neoclassical realism as a main tool of analysis. The question of the article is what political actors or factors influenced this case study. According to the investigation, the influenced outcome concludes 4 actors: 1) Charles De Gaulle (French President, 8 January 1959 – 28 April 1969), 2) the French Constitution of 1958, 3) the National Liberation Front (Front de Libération Nationale; FLN) and 4) the Crisis of the French Fiscal and Budget. In summary, domestic politics greatly influenced the French foreign policy decision of De Gaulle in the Algerian War, especially the French political structure resulting from the 1958 French Constitution which made De Gaulle be able to control the foreign policy about the Algerian War effectively.
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