Russia’s Showy and Shadowy Engagements in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal: Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)
Year: 2020

Recommendations vis--vis African actors African security priorities were always vital and yet often neglected in 'liberal' engagements.This report recommends seeing the extent to which 'Russia in Africa' accentuates this point, as an occasion to take African views and concerns more seriously instead of implicitly assuming away differences in threat perceptions.For states in the Sahel, for example, curbing migration may not be a priority in the same way as for European actors.Addressing such diff