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Africa and the New World Order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Daniel Volman
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The end of the cold war and of the bi-polar world order that shaped international relations over the past 50 years is forcing the Government of the United States to make dramatic policy changes that affect all parts of the globe. In Africa, it is also confronted by significant new developments on local, regional, and continent-wide levels. Of particular concern to American leaders are increasing internal demands for political democracy, and the intensification of ethnic and other conflicts which call national integrity into question. And, as the decision to send up to 30,000 marines, infantrymen, and other troops to Somalia proves, the U.S. Administration will not hesitate to use military force if authorised by the United Nations.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 1 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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