在本論文中欲達到的研究目的有： 檢視冷戰結束後，法國與北約組織之間的互動關係，以及法國逐步重返北約組織軍事架構的過程； 分析後冷戰時代，北約組織轉型對於法國及歐洲安全與防衛的意涵及影響為何； 了解法國建構歐洲安全自主之意涵，即其與北約組織產生競合之課題； 以國家層次、國際層次，以及全球層次等三方面因素分析法國重新返回北約組織過程中，行為及態度轉變的根本考量。 The purpose of this thesis is to discuss how France, in the Post-Cold War era, returned to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This thesis attempts to discuss the dynamics of France’s shift; namely, what made the country to change its former stance of rejecting the influence from the United States and NATO in Europe after withdrawing from the organization in 1966 and to rejoin the integration process of NATO. Moreover, it made a clear indication of its willingness in transforming the decision-making procedure and the military structure within NATO as well as strengthening the defense ability of the European Union. The aforementioned are two sides of European security which would make France fully enlarge its influence in NATO.
The purposes of this thesis are as follows: It is to see the interaction and interrelation between France and NATO, and the process of France’s return to NATO’s military structure; It tends to analyze the meaning and the effect of NATO’s transformation towards French and European security and defense; It helps to understand the meaning of France’s establishment of European security autonomy and the competition and cooperation between itself and NATO; It analyzes France’s basic consideration in the process of the returning to NATO which can be classified into three levels: domestic level, international level and global level.
