POL327Y5 Lecture Notes - Uranium Mining, Counter-Revolutionary, Geopolitics
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French foreign policy, unifying a french foreign policy, north africa problem has brought. France in mali, responding quickly for troops to defend them from al qaeda that has captured the northern half of mali. France was long time colony of that region of north africa. Beginning with the drive for independence, each have achieved it in part through empowerment of elites within the states, that for the most part were favourable, uranium mining, france has 70% of demand for electricity through nuclear power. Saw france as a crucial battle ground, cia was involved in the instability. Other states, us took a back seat role, allowing the former colonial powers to play the dominant role, particularly north africa. Last year tour elements defecting, north separating from south with these touring groups. Unseating of gaddafi in libya, fueled more fire, where al.
