readings Flashcards
(18 cards)
David
- the theory of omnibalancing in relation to third world countries and why it’s better than balance of power
- the head of state is the unitary level of analysis
omnibalancing and uganda
Falk
Cuba in Africa, their role in stopping SA invasion of Angola
apartheid
Douek
Mozambique
- the plane crash of Machel
- why they assassinated him and who
apartheid
Douek
Angola
- MK’s role in Angola
- argues MK’s combat experience particularly against UNITA was a significant and underappreciated contribution to the broader liberation struggle in Southern Africa
- MK became deeply invovled in fighting alongside the MPLA against UNITA
apartheid
Kroslad
- ## french betrayal of Rwanda
Rwandan genocide
Clark
- looks at Uganda’s intervention in the second Congo war
- linked to the idea President could not let Kagame fall as he couldn’t risk a Hutu government
Congo war
Reno
- why african conflicts surged after the cold war
- collapse of Soviet Union
- elites breaking away and holding territory
- how this challenges conventional notions of state sovereignty and governance
kind of congo war
Meger
the fetishisation of sexual violence
congo war
Usiskin
camp lemmonier and the war on terror a return to cold war geopolitics
war on terror and jihadism
Ahmad
islamist group dynamics
jihadism and the war on terror
Verhoeven
- how the security dilemma is linked to the war on terror
- looks at Somalia as a failed state and how failed states do not necessarily mean breeding ground for terrorism and instability
- traditional failed state narrative is overly simplistic and ideologically motivated
- the US’s assumption of this truth is a version of the security dilemma
jihadism and the war on terror
Oluwadare
Mali - argues France was there for strategic interests
jihadism and the war on terror
Obi
- the impact of chinese state oil companies in the Niger delta
- part of the new ‘scramble for Africa’
- sparked local resistance against exploitation and environmental degradation
China’s influence and the environment
Salau et al.
- the impacts of natural disasters particularly in Mozambique
- consistent deadly floods
- many cyclones and tropical storms
- displaced millions
the environment
Taub
Lake Chad, how it’s shrunk and the impact of this
the environment and human security
Zoomers
African land grabbing
the environment and human security
Muruthi
argues that the AU must shift to reactive interventionism (improvising policy after events happen) to proactive interventionism (a more comprehensive, preventive approach)
jihadism, the war on terror and African actions
Brown
climate change reduces the availability of water and accelerates desertification
the environment
