Russia’s Policy in Africa: A Geographic Dilemma

... peculiarities of their foreign policy, do not attract the attention of major players. In other words, by standard metrics of corporate governance, cooperation with such countries appears risky and unjustified. Geographically, these nations are located in the Sahel and West Africa. The governments in some countries of the subregion are often transitional (Mali, Burkina Faso) and/or are still in search of their own foreign policy program (Guinea, CAR). Dialogue with them is therefore invariably difficult, as ...