From Revolution to Restraint: The Domestic Origins of France's Foreign Policy of Non-Intervention in 1830

Authors

Annabelle Crawford

Keywords

foreign policy, French Revolution, Bourbon Restoration, French foreign policy, French politics, European politics

Abstract

Many prominent theories of international conflict would predict that in the aftermath of the 1830 revolutions, France should have gone to war with the conservative powers of Europe on behalf of Belgium. However, despite military and political opportunities for war, incentives to spread or counter France’s new liberal ideology, and misunderstandings between France and the other European powers, French leaders and leaders of the conservative great powers alike actively pursued a European peace. This presents a theoretical puzzle: why wasn’t there a conflict between the French revolutionary state and other European states in the aftermath of the July Revolution?

Recommended Citation

Crawford, Annabelle (2025) "From Revolution to Restraint: The Domestic Origins of France's Foreign Policy of Non-Intervention in 1830," Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies: Vol. 42, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sigma/vol42/iss1/3