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Russia's return to Africa: a comparative study of Egypt, Algeria and Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2021

Tereza Němečková ,
Lea Melnikovová  and
Natalia Piskunova
Tereza Němečková*
Affiliation:
Department of International Business, Metropolitan University Prague, Dubečská 900/10, Prague, Czech Republic
Lea Melnikovová*
Affiliation:
Department of International Business, Metropolitan University Prague, Dubečská 900/10, Prague, Czech Republic
Natalia Piskunova*
Affiliation:
International Security Department, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University, Leninskiye gori 1, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Email: tereza.nemeckova@mup.cz
Email: lea.melnikovova@mup.cz
Email: natalia.piskunova@gmail.com
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Abstract

The article analyses Russia's recent return to Africa. It attempts to answer the question to what extent Russia has abandoned its traditional tools of cooperation such as nuclear energy and military cooperation and engaged in new ‘smart’ ones as indicated by former Foreign Minister Ivanov in 2011. The paper builds on three case studies of African countries having the largest trade volume with Russia in 2018, i.e. Egypt, Algeria and Morocco, and analyses their changing relationship with Russia over the last decade. The results show that Russia has not abandoned its traditional tools but has intensified the use of new ones. The North African region as such has regained significance in Russia's foreign policy. Bilateral relations with all three North African countries have increased at both political and economic levels recently.

Keywords

RussiaNorth Africamilitary cooperationenergy securitydevelopment cooperation
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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , pp. 367 - 390
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We would like to thank the JMAS editors and, especially, two anonymous reviewers for their very helpful and insightful comments on the earlier version of our article. This article is the result of the Metropolitan University Prague research project ‘International Business, Financial Management and Tourism’ funded from the Institutional Fund for the Long-term Strategic Development of Research Organizations (2021).

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