Building the „Russieafrique“: Russian influence operations changing the geopolitics in the Sahel
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v46i1.5077" target="_blank" >10.35293/srsa.v46i1.5077</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Building the „Russieafrique“: Russian influence operations changing the geopolitics in the Sahel
Original language description
This article examines the tools which the Russian Federation, as a master of influencing operations and unconventional political warfare, currently utilises in West Africa to strengthen its political, economic, military, and diplomatic ties with Sahelian countries, thereby altering the geopolitical balance and pushing out the so-called West from its historical sphere of influence. The research focuses on the case of the Republic of Mali, where a few years of efficient implementation of these tools led to the withdrawal of the Western Bloc, and the re-emergence of the Russian Federation. The article not only explains what happened in Mali and the Sahel that caused the re-emergence of Russia and the ousting of the Western Bloc, but also focuses on the question of how exactly this happened, what means and instruments were utilised by Russia to make these events happen, and discusses possible implications of these events for the Western states. The research findings can be used to detect the indicators of the use of Russian instruments of influence to achieve its political goals in other parts of the Sahel and Africa, as well as in other environments like Ukraine or Europe.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
The Strategic Review for Southern Africa
ISSN
1013-1108
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
ZA - SOUTH AFRICA
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
84-106
UT code for WoS article
001318498600005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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