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:Foreign military bases are the important means for power projection. In Africa, military bases represent the symbol of France’s sphere of influence, which have strengthened France’s protection of her economic, political, cultural, overseas national and security interests. The bases are of great significance to enhance French intervention capabilities, making France the most influential external power in the African continent. After the upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, France will likely want to return to North Africa militarily and seek to restore a military presence in the region within a multilateral framework, with the objective of linking her domestic Toulon naval base with her military presence in North Africa, Gabon, the Ivory Coast, Djibouti, and Abu Dhabi, thus making France a dominant player in the “Arc of Instability” which extends from West Africa to the Persian Gulf.
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