Defense Diplomacy: The role of the French military bases in the African continent

This research seeks to study the role of military bases in activating defense diplomacy, with a focus on studying case France African continent, which relied its as tool implement foreign policy. The explains concept diplomacy and relationship an effective strengthening bilateral relations between state's parties. focuses effectiveness for French goals that policy achieve through intervention or presence continent. In addition geopolitical reasons prompted move towards continent plant bases. order complete this objectives, it adopts historical approach descriptive analytical search documents studies related interpretation political behavior concludes is keen protect interests external by employing various tools, including defensive represented lands other countries. It also nature stage went exploitation implementing higher at expense people led failure countries