The latest Congolese Crisis has the potential to decisively shift the balance of power in the New Cold War depending on how it develops and what the outcome might be.
DRC has functioning State and is not going to get one anytime soon. It is propped up by external aid and the principle of intangibility of borders (which has become recently sacred but is starting to crumble).In any other historical period, DRC would have been carved out by more functional neighbors and internal rebel movements. I write this as someone who has visited the country 15 to 20 times.
How interesting that you've visited there so many times! Did you ever publish a blog or do interviews about your travels there? If so, please feel free to share the links here so we can check them out. You can also elaborate more on your views if you'd like.
Fantastic explanation of this region. I’ve read a lot of books about Congo and its history but don’t know nearly enough about its contemporary status in the geopolitical arena.
Thanks a lot! I've been following it for quite a few years, though not as closely as I follow Ethiopia and nowadays the Sahel. I always feared that there'd be another crisis so I wanted to prepare myself to analyze it just in case.
What I'll never forget about the Congo is how approximately six million people died during its two wars, most through starvation and disease as opposed to being shot or hacked into pieces, yet few anywhere in the world are even aware of this.
I was shocked when I discovered this and it greatly contributed to me becoming a self-admitted cynic when it comes to International Relations and especially the shameless double standards that are employed by some towards humanitarian crises.
DRC has functioning State and is not going to get one anytime soon. It is propped up by external aid and the principle of intangibility of borders (which has become recently sacred but is starting to crumble).In any other historical period, DRC would have been carved out by more functional neighbors and internal rebel movements. I write this as someone who has visited the country 15 to 20 times.
I meant to write « has NO functioning State »
How interesting that you've visited there so many times! Did you ever publish a blog or do interviews about your travels there? If so, please feel free to share the links here so we can check them out. You can also elaborate more on your views if you'd like.
Fantastic explanation of this region. I’ve read a lot of books about Congo and its history but don’t know nearly enough about its contemporary status in the geopolitical arena.
Thanks a lot! I've been following it for quite a few years, though not as closely as I follow Ethiopia and nowadays the Sahel. I always feared that there'd be another crisis so I wanted to prepare myself to analyze it just in case.
What I'll never forget about the Congo is how approximately six million people died during its two wars, most through starvation and disease as opposed to being shot or hacked into pieces, yet few anywhere in the world are even aware of this.
I was shocked when I discovered this and it greatly contributed to me becoming a self-admitted cynic when it comes to International Relations and especially the shameless double standards that are employed by some towards humanitarian crises.