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In 2003 France was outside the command structure of NATO and a leading opponent of allied intervention in Iraq. A few years later, France had fully returned to NATO and become a strong supporter of Western interventions abroad. How did this re-orientation come about?
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Østerud, Ø. (2016). Strategic Ability in Europe: The Case of France. In: Haaland Matlary, J., Heier, T. (eds) Ukraine and Beyond . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32530-9_7
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