Cold war in Africa essay
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- Cold war in Africa essay
- The cold war gets hot in Africa when the superpowers want it to. Structural Realism
- Cold war: Colonialism by other means?
- It gets hot during the d'ente
- Africa affects what happens in the cold war. (Agency)
- Westad - it's not all an epiphenomenon. Cold war allowed leaders to play cold war powers off against each other
- Clapham: Bi-polairity gave Africans freedom. Superpower actions fuelled by African agenda
- Elites framed their own agenda
- Ethipian revolution - managed to convince soviets to get involved
- Was the cold war productive for Africa?
- Clapham: Strategic extraversion.
- Megnistu: manipulated international patrons
- Or does the CW reveal the weakness of Africa: Fragile state open to manipulation?
- CW powers quickly lost interest. Abandoned places e.g Angola/Mozambique
- Reveals the negative sovereignty, but gives the illusion of genuine sovereignty.
- The cold war gets hot in Africa when the superpowers want it to. Structural Realism
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