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Article: UK African policy in the post-cold war era: from realpolitik to moralpolitik?
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- Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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The end of the Cold War led Western states to review their policies towards Africa. Against this background, the British government under John Major stressed the need for 'new thinking' while the Blair administration promised to give 'a new priority' to Africa. This article examines how far Britain has in practice adapted its African policy to the challenges of the New World Order. It evaluates and explains the changes which have taken place, focusing on the 'multilateralisation' of UK-African relations and on Britain's new-found willingness to intervene in African affairs. Finally, it looks at 'ideological' differences between the Major government, which based its policy ...