Search: Tuaregs,Intervention (2 materials)

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...

22.03.2013

The War in Mali: the Road to Nowhere

... economic interests became more significant than this finely worded political rhetoric, with the coup in Bamako and the military intervention being a clear-cut follow-up to this Françafrique policy. In his time, President Amadou Toure was quite prophetic ... ... attacks on shops owned by supporters of Sharia rule. The small victorious war was over. Photo: schoolpress.cdn.whipplehill.net Tuaregs Who did the French, then, actually defeat? During the discussions that preceded deployment, the French political elite ...

21.02.2013

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
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    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
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