Disarming not defending Africa

dc.creator	Paul Moorcraft
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:09Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:09Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/29-0-192
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/67be82c7071c47e095607d3f60e58dd6
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8764
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/67be82c7071c47e095607d3f60e58dd6
dc.description	<p>Most sub-Saharan states cannot protect themselves from major military threats, especially extra-continental ones. From the perspective of the big international players the question is: <em>should </em>Africa be protected? In this collection of essays, the impact of Africa's global marginalisation is duly noted. This fundamental facet of Africa's security dilemma, however, is not analysed in any meaningful way. True, the usual malaises, including 'ethnic nationalism', are paraded, but there is no mention of the current debate on how Africa's 'ethnic' wars are interpreted by the international media, and its assumed impact on humanitarian and military intervention. If they have not done so already, the editors should read Tim Allen and Jean Seaton's new book, <em>The Media of Conflict. </em>Here the implications of the so-called second scramble for Africa, including the role of aid agencies and the International Monetary Fund, are scrutinised. Seaton and Allen reject the notion of mindless, primordial violence in Africa, and instead examine the repercussions of foreign intervention (most egregiously French meddling in Rwanda) as well as the rational economic motivations of the assorted warlords.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/192
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 29, Iss 0 (2012)
dc.subject	should Africa be protected?
dc.subject	The Media of Conflict
dc.subject	French meddling in Rwanda
dc.subject	'ethnic nationalism'
dc.subject	humanitarian and military intervention
dc.subject	Africa's 'ethnic' wars
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	Disarming not defending Africa
dc.type	Article