France's Diplomatic Power and its Aid Policy toward its Former Colonies

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530186
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
• Principal Investigator: TORIKATA Yuko 同志社女子大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (60467503)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: フランス外交 / 国際関係史 / 外交史 / 対米同盟 / 援助外交

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to examine how France exercised its influence on international affairs despite the reality of its national strength. This research focuses on France’s aid policy toward its former colonies. Because these countries backed up France in international organizations such as the UN and helped reinforce its diplomatic power. In providing its assistance to these countries, France often attempted to use multilateral institutions, to which it sent a lot of its high-ranking officials who enthusiastically exerted their influence on the process of distributing funds to third world countries and the creation of institutional rules for economic assistance.

Free Research Field

国際関係史