Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War: Sovereignty, Responsibility, and the War on Terror

Authors

Elizabeth Schmidt

Files

Series

Research in International Studies, Global and Comparative Studies, 19

Description

In Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War—interdisciplinary in approach and intended for nonspecialists—Elizabeth Schmidt provides a new framework for thinking about foreign political and military intervention in Africa, its purposes, and its consequences. She focuses on the quarter century following the Cold War (1991–2017), when neighboring states and subregional, regional, and global organizations and networks joined extracontinental powers in support of diverse forces in the war-making and peace-building processes. During this period, two rationales were used to justify intervention: a response to instability, with the corollary of responsibility to protect, and the war on terror.

Often overlooked in discussions of poverty and violence in Africa is the fact that many of the challenges facing the continent today are rooted in colonial political and economic practices, in Cold War alliances, and in attempts by outsiders to influence African political and economic systems during the decolonization and postindependence periods. Although conflicts in Africa emerged from local issues, external political and military interventions altered their dynamics and rendered them more lethal. Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War counters oversimplification and distortions and offers a new continentwide perspective, illuminated by trenchant case studies.

Language

eng

ISBN

9780896805040

Publication Date

2018

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

Africa, foreign relations, terrorism, diplomatic relations

Disciplines

African History | Defense and Security Studies | Terrorism Studies

Comments

Funder: Knowledge Unlatched Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Book

Available in the Open Research Library

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Schmidt, Elizabeth, "Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War: Sovereignty, Responsibility, and the War on Terror" (2018). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 13.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/13