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Africa faces gunboat diplomacy without the gunboats
Commentary argues that African states are still subjected to coercive, gunboat-style pressure from foreign powers, but without any matching naval or military strength of their own to respond with. The piece highlights the asymmetry in global power dynamics, where economic and diplomatic threats stand in for the warships of the colonial era, leaving the continent with limited leverage.
Why now: Renewed geopolitical competition over Africa's resources and alignment is putting coercive Western and foreign pressure back in the spotlight.
Evidence
- Africa faces gunboat diplomacy without the gunboats · Modern Ghana
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