summaries Flashcards
(17 cards)
1
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congo war readings
3
A
Clark
Reno
Meger
2
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apartheid readings
A
Reno
Douek
Douek
3
Q
Rwandan readings
A
Kroslak
4
Q
War on Terror readings
5
A
Usiskin
Ahmed
Verhoeven
Oluwadare
Muruthi
5
Q
Environment readings
A
Obi
Salau
Taub
Zoomers
Brown
6
Q
topics in omnibalancing and Uganda
A
- concepts of omnibalancing, the elite security dilemma and African leaders relations with their militaries
- how amin came to power and who he was aligned to
- the various international actors involved in Uganda (Libya, USSR, Israel)
- the invasion of Tanzania and Amin’s downfall
- why Tanzania beat Uganda
7
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topics in apartheid
not proxy wars
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- a history of the ANC
- the role of front line states
- what total strategy was and how it was carried out
- the end of apartheid, what caused it and a timeline
8
Q
topics in apartheid - Angolan proxy war
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- why SA cared about Angola/wanted to intervene
Cassinga raid as total strategy - Cuito Cuanvale battle
- why Cuba was involved with Angola
- the nature of US and USSR involvement
9
Q
topics in apartheid - Mozambican proxy war
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- 1977-92
- Nkomati accords and SA reneging
- Machel’s assassination and why
- the consequence of his assassination
10
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topics in the Rwandan genocide
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- colonial history and instrumentalism of ethnicity
- what sparked the genocide
- international reaction
- Dallaire and UNAMIR
- France’s role (Fashoda and support)
- the aftermath of the genocide
- international responses, outflow of Hutus in DRC and who assumed power
11
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topics in the first congo war
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- Huntington’s clash of civilisations theory and how it was disproved by Tanzania
- Kabila, his role in leading the coup, his alliance with Rwanda and Uganda and his Presidency
12
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topics in the second Congo war
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- how it began
- the Ugandan dimension
- the Angolan dimension
- the Namibian and Zimbabwean dimension
- why they didn’t engage in open warfare
- the end of the war
- consquences of foreign armies withdrawing
- recent developments today
13
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topics in African conflicts today
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- the nature of conflicts in Africa since the 1990s
- the impact of the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union
- war as resource addiction and Columbite-Tantalite
- Meger and the fetishisation of sexual violence
14
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topics in western failures in the war against terror in Africa
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- why Africa is conducive to terrorist attacks
- Al-Qaeda’s rise causing western resentment and AFRICOM
- Verhoeven’s weak states and securitisation
- the ICU and al-Shabaab
- Boko Haram
- Niger and Mali and turning to Russia
- Ahmad and Islamist group dynamics
15
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topics in internal African responses to security dilemmas
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- OAU and the AU
- ECOWAS and ECOMOG
- their successes and failures
- AMISOM’s mission
16
Q
topics in china’s presence in Africa
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- general attitudes from Africans
- the nature of chinese intervention
- personal motivations for chinese presence
- pros and cons of their intervention
- example of them directly interfering, Zimbabwe
17
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topics in the environment
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- how it’s linked to human security
- all the author’s examples
- land grabbing and Daewoo logistics
