L'Afrique face à la guerre en Irak. Une voix décisive

Jacques Fontanel () and Jean-François Guilhaudis ()
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Jacques Fontanel: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble
Jean-François Guilhaudis: CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble

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Abstract: At the beginning of 2003, the three African countries (Angola, Cameroon, Guinea) were placed in a strategic position that pitted the international community against the UN on the issue of the war against Iraq. This undecided "group" finally resisted dollar diplomacy. If at the beginning, the diplomatic action of Africa was weak, in the end it was the decision of its representatives that allowed the peace camp to prevail before the Security Council. In fact, it revived the idea of non-alignment, despite the threats regarding economic aid. In the new oil economic context of dependence on the United States for part of its supply, Africa and OPEC represent a form of danger for Washington. The economic stakes are potentially major for Western countries. Africa's negative response to the Iraq war has shown its capacity for action and its diplomatic and political strength, which is sometimes forgotten.

Keywords: Irak; USA; Africa; war; UNO; Guerre; ONU; Afrique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-07
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Published in Géopolitique Africaine / African Geopolitics, 2003

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