Russia’s Policy in Africa: A Geographic Dilemma
... significance of completed projects will be higher given the close link between development matters and the security situation. In the long run, implementing projects in the Sahel also contributes to building a new technological and economic balance in Africa, overcoming one-sided dependence on former colonial powers and Western financial institutions. Projects in East Africa can do nothing of the kind, as the subregion is far more integrated into the networks of global economic interdependence. In the meantime, this approach to subregional specialization also has flaws. First, after the fall of the Assad government ...