Is There Life in the Old Dog Yet?
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...