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Post Cold War Conflicts in Africa - Case Studies of Liberia and Somalia (Hardcover, New)
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Post Cold War Conflicts in Africa - Case Studies of Liberia and Somalia (Hardcover, New)
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During the Cold War ideological and politico-military rivalries
mostly dictated the actions of the competing blocs, including their
involvement in foreign conflicts. In Africa for instance, the
East-West rivalry of the time not only fuelled conflicts but also
appeared to undermine the use of diplomacy as a tool for
peacemaking and conflict resolution. With the fall of the Berlin
Wall in 1989 and the demise of the Soviet Union however, there was
a transformation of the conflict arena in the continent, which
presented new opportunities and threats. This therefore raises a
fundamental question of how the end of the Cold War has affected
the character of conflicts and their successful management in
Africa. Using Liberia and Somalia as case studies, Post-Cold War
Conflicts in Africa analyses how the post Cold War conflicts in
these two countries and their management differed from what they
would have been during the Cold War era. It shows for instance that
while in Liberia the major powers appeared content to cede the
management of the conflict to the sub-regional group, ECOMOG, in
Somalia, the conflict appeared to be turned into an arena for
simple military experiment without any of the old Cold War
ideological rivalries playing any role in its trajectory or
management. The book argues that the end of the Cold War offers an
opportunity for the successful use of a new approach to conflict
management in the continent, which would be anchored on traditional
African diplomacy. This new approach would involve a triumvirate of
eminent men and women from the continent, regional peacekeeping
forces, and the warring factions themselves working in concert to
replace the rifle with 'talking till every one agrees'
_______________________ Augustine C. Ohanwe holds a PhD in
International Politics. He has researched extensively on Cold War
conflicts in Angola, Ethiopia, Somalia and Nigeria as well as
post-Cold War conflicts in Liberia and Somalia. His books include
The UN and post-Cold War Conflicts in Africa, (Helsinki University
Press, 2000) and the collection of poems, Petals of Rose, (2005,
Kirja Kerrallan)
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