Building the „Russieafrique“: Russian influence operations changing the geopolitics in the Sahel

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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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Building the „Russieafrique“: Russian influence operations changing the geopolitics in the Sahel

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Building the „Russieafrique“: Russian influence operations changing the geopolitics in the Sahel

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

The Strategic Review for Southern Africa

ISSN

1013-1108

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

46

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

ZA - Jihoafrická republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

84-106

Kód UT WoS článku

001318498600005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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