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EI Talks... the Soviet Union's bid for Africa

EI Talks... the Soviet Union's bid for Africa

The EI Podcast

January 26, 202436m 58s

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Show Notes

Daniela Richterova, Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at the Department for War Studies, King's College London, reflects on the efforts the Soviet Union made to court African states and liberation movements during the Cold War and draws parallels with China and Russia's new scramble for Africa.

Image: A monument to Arab-Soviet Friendship at the Aswan dam, Egypt. Credit: Matyas Rehak / Alamy Stock Photo