Balancing Sovereignty and Development in International Affairs is
about Cameroon, a minor power in world affairs, and her foreign
policy and international relations, especially as she deals with
major powers, in this case, France. It emphasizes Cameroon's
economic and political relations with France, her relations with
Francophone Africa, Anglophone Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil
War of 1967-1970, the hot button issues of African liberation, and
the development challenges that she faced. The study probes the
nature, scope, depth, dynamics, and drivers of Cameroon's foreign
policy to understand its logic, and to uncover the consequences to
the country's development and sovereignty. It also investigates and
sheds light on some conventional views about Cameroon's relations
with France-the view that Cameroon is a French puppet. The above
questions are investigated within the theoretical framework of
dominant-dependent- compliant behavior in world politics. Put
differently, as a minor partner in her relations with France, was
Cameroon being unduly exploited to France's benefits or not? If
not, what were Cameroon's benefits in the relationship? And if so,
what were the benefits to France? The case study method,
supplemented by rich statistical time series analysis,
source-tracing and interviews were used to uncover patterns and
common themes in Cameroon's foreign policy behavior and to
systematically document her economic dependence on France and
assess if such dependence also generated political consequences for
Cameroon in its behavior towards France. Part One of the book
discusses the historical origin of the modern Cameroonian state,
the domestic context of its foreign policy, post-independence
politics, and challenges associated with nation-building, national
independence, domestic security, and economic development, that
underlay the country's world view and guided her international
behavior. This part also analyzes Cameroon's economic relations
with France focusing on trade, investments, and aid, revealing that
France dominated the Cameroonian economy in all three sectors,
explaining what accounted for such dominance, and what Cameroon
tried to do to alleviate the situation. Part two focuses on case
studies of critical foreign policy challenges that Cameroon faced,
and how she reacted to French interests and pressure.
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