The Relationship Between France And The United States, Jacques Chirac During The Study

After the cold war,the international environment changed tremendously:the two-pole pattern had disintegrated,America had become the only superpower and its unilateralism had getting more and more obviously.So Chirac made significant adjustment to foreign policy: setting up the independent diplomatic tradition again,guarding the national interest firmly and improving France's international status and influence.In Chirac's diplomatic practice,dealing with the France-American relation is one of his important topics.Both France and America will adjust their foreign policies stemming from their national interests.Both countries are still natural allies,but their contradiction and difference highlight obviously,mainly manifesting in three aspects:the difference in the international order view,competing for the leading position in Europe and struggling for the economic interest. Chirac attempts to establish the normal relation with America,but America hopes that it should establish the single-pole world.The contest in Iraq War can prove it.The France-American relation has impact on not only the two countries,but also the international politics pattern.Chirac holds on the faith of the multi-polarization,the great power diplomacy and the balanced diplomacy.Through this,he has contained American unilateralism tendency to a certain extent,maintained the international peace and justice,promoted the multipolarization and democratization of international relations.This article attempts to analyze the internal cause,summarizes its achievement and influence.It will be helpful to forcast the trend of the France-American relation and international politics pattern.The article is divided four parts besides introduction and conclusion.The introduction mainly introduces the reason and significance of selected topic,as well as some questions which this article attempts to solve.The first part is about the review of the France-American relation before Chirac took office. In the cold war era,De Gaulle changed the foreign policy of following America and set up the independent diplomacy tradition. The second part briefly illustrates the development of the France-American relation during Chirac epoch.Chirac changed the weak diplomacy and made some adjustment to the France-American relation again.On the one hand,France and America would strengthen cooperation in counter-terrorism,nuclear non-proliferation,environmental protection,human rights and so on; On the other hand,France opposed the scheme of the US's leading the world firmly.France sped up the European integration and strived for the leadership of NATO,France opposed the Iraq War firmly and maintained the UN's authority,defended the traditional interest in Middle East and Africa and focused on economic interest in contact with America.The third part is of the main achievements in French contact with America.These achievements manifest in three aspects:containing American unilateralism and promoting the world to the multipolarization direction;cooperating positively in many global questions with America; defending the traditional interest in Middle East and Africa through competing with America.The fourth part is focused on the characteristics of the France-American relation during Chirac epoch.Chirac has manifested his realistic style and nimble manner as he has followed De Gaulle's basic diplomatic principles.These characteristics mainly manifest in five aspects:opposing American unilateralism firmly;highlighting the cultural diplomacy;paying much attention on economic diplomacy;taking more practical and flexible diplomatic style;carrying out the traditional great power diplomacy and balanced diplomacy.The conclusion mainly analyze the reason of the contradiction between France and America and make the approximate forecast to its prospect.