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The international
and strategic
evolutions
faced by France
Preparatory document
for the update of the
White paper on Defence
and national security
Secrétariat général
de la défense et de
la sécurité nationale : .
Foreword
The 2008 White Paper on Defence and National Security stressed the need for regular updates, given the speed at
which the strategic context evolves. This update is planned for after the upcoming presidential elections.
The proposals set out in the following pages are the result of an interministerial collaboration with contributions
from numerous French and foreign experts. The sole aim of this document is to prepare the future work required
for updating the White Paper on Defence and National Security by illustrating the strategic environment we are
going to face until 2020 and by isolating the issues that will form the structure of our defence and security at this
horizon. It is not intended either to represent the entirety of our defence and national security policy, or to set out
our foreign policy or an elaborate economic analysis of the current Warning : .
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Introduction
The strategic analysis set out in the 2008
White Paper has been c