Yates Publishes Chapter on the Bilateral Relations Between France and Africa

Professor Yates recently had a chapter on "France and Africa" published in Africa and the World: Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy (Dawn Nagar and Charles Mutasa Eds, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

This edited volume is an international relations textbook providing a comprehensive survey of Africa's relations with key bilateral actors (US, Britain, China, Russia, France, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, India) as well as multilateral actors (UN, ICC, BRICS, EU, WTO, World Bank, IMF) since the end of the Cold War.

In his chapter, which is the fruit of almost three decades of research on francophone Africa, Yates argues that France is paradoxically both too strong and too weak in its former African empire and that it now faces a risk of military overextension, which if not addressed, might leave it in a position so reduced that it will not be able to defend itself from emerging security threats in the international system.

More information on the publisher's website