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Alexandra Arkhangelskaya and Nicole Dodd assert that post-Soviet Russia’s authoritarian-corporatist identity has resulted in foreign policy that extols the virtues of solidarity and development, but covertly promotes Russian sovereignty and economic exploitation in Africa through trade in minerals, energy and arms. The government-business-media complex is used as a vehicle through which to expose the dynamics of Russia and Africa’s duplicitous engagement.
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Arkhangelskaya, A., Dodd, N. (2016). Guns and Poseurs: Russia Returns to Africa. In: van der Merwe, J., Taylor, I., Arkhangelskaya, A. (eds) Emerging Powers in Africa. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40736-4_8
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