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Author : J. A. Du Plessis
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Africa, Southern
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Evaluates basic Soviet strategy towards southern Africa in the period immediately before Angola gained its independence on 11 November 1975, the reaction from the Soviet Union with reference to the pro-Moscow MPLA takeover, and the basic aims of the Soviet Union in the post-Angola phase.

Author : Keir Giles
Publisher : Army War College Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Technology & Engineering
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An apparent lack of interest by Russia in Sub-Saharan Africa over recent years masks persistent key strategic drivers for Moscow to re-establish lost influence in the region. A preoccupation with more immediate foreign policy concerns has temporarily interrupted a process of Russia reclaiming relationships that were well-developed in the Soviet period in order to secure access to mineral and energy resources which are crucial to Russia's economic and industrial interests, as well as both existing and new markets for military arms contracts. Russian policy priorities in Africa provide both challenges and opportunities for the U.S. in fields such as nuclear nonproliferation, as well as energy security for the United States and its European allies. Russian development of key resources in southern Africa should be observed closely. Russian trade with the region is significantly underdeveloped, with the exception of the arms trade, which Russia can be expected to defend vigorously if its markets are challenged, including by the prospect of regime change or international sanctions. At the same time, Russia and the United States have a shared interest in restricting the freedom of movement of terrorist organizations in ungoverned or lightly governed spaces in Africa, which opens potential for cooperation between AFRICOM initiatives and Russian presence in the region. Russian diplomatic and economic activity in southern Africa should receive continuing attention from U.S. policymakers due to its direct relevance to a number of U.S. strategic concerns.

Author : Keith Somerville
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Africa, Southern
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Describes the African and Soviet motivations, objectives and strategies, the Southern African geopolitical environment and the development of Soviet theoretical approaches to the region - all taken from an African perspective. The book is a survey of the relations of African states with the USSR.

Author : Daniel R. Kempton
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 1989-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 0275931188

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This study is the first significant work to examine Soviet involvement with national liberation movements (NLMs) in Africa as a separate subcategory of Soviet foreign policy in the developing world. The text compares and contrasts actual Soviet behavior with declared policy. Daniel R. Kempton presents three case studies: the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa, The Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA) and the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). These cases trace the development of the Soviet Union's ties to the national liberation movements, the amount and types of assistance provided, and the impact of the relationship on the national liberation movements. General analysts of international relations, analysts of Soviet foreign policy and Africanists will find this a valuable resource. The author contends that during the 1960s and 1970s the Soviet Union pursued a common strategy toward all three national liberation movements. Although the strategy was applied flexibly to take into account the idiosyncracies of the individual liberation struggles, in each case the Soviet Union pushed the national liberation movement to adopt the Soviet political model. The Soviet view was that the adoption of this model would eventually lead to the development of relatively more stable and dependable allies. Since 1980, however, in each case there is significant evidence that the Soviet Union has altered markedly, if not abandoned, its previous strategy.