Mitrofanova O. Security Politics of France in the Context of Modern European Geopolitical Transformations.

This thesis examines the evolution of French foreign policy imperatives about the construction of a new model of European security, and the reformation of modern security institutions, in the context of global transformations of the international relations' system. More specifically, it analizes mechanisms for the practical realisation of French political imperatives toward main actors in the international system, namely, USA, Russia, Great Britain and Germany; it also analizes the evolution of France's strategic course toward independent Ukraine. The thesis concludes that France is not only an initiator but a peculiar motor for the realisation of the idea of European security and defence autonomy.