The Mali Conflict and France's Military Operation
After the Mali situation became aggravated, quite a number of researchers focused on the conflict's geopolitical and ethnic aspects, whereas the military side was largely neglected. However, the French operation offers a significant example of the European Union's self-sustained armed interference in Third World political processes.
In 2003 the EU executed a peacemaking mission in
Congo
, and it is still involved in Afghanistan. Both operations...
... latent mechanism to preserve its influence in former colonies.
France’s secret diplomacy in the African continent
has not been that selective in the tools used, employing under-the table deals, bribery of officials, assassinations, coups and armed intervention in sovereign states’ internal affairs.
Cheers in Timbuktu as Malian, French troops
arrive
On October 13, 2012, in his address to the National Assembly of Senegal, French President François Hollande said that “
the age of ...
Interview
On January, 11 France deployed troops to Mali to halt the southern advancement of Islamist forces. The intervention was backed by the United Nations Security Council, with NATO allies providing logistical and intelligence support. Yet some analysts believe that Mali might turn into another Afghanistan or Iraq, dragging France into a prolonged conflict ...
