The Russia-Ukraine War from an African Perspective : Special Operations in the Age Of / Artwell Nhemachena and Bea Lundt, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nhemachena, Artwell, editor.

Lundt, Bea, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991---Congresses.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (574 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, [2023]

Summary:

In the Russia-Ukraine war, attention has been focused on the "Special Military Operation" This book argues that there are many other special operations, in various other arenas in the world, that deserve equal and urgent attention. Connecting special military operations to what it calls special economic operations, special cultural operations, special technological operations, special sexual operations and special political operations, the book argues that special operations are not exclusive. AIso drawing on topical debates about technoscience, the book critically examines invasive technologies in relation to bodily autonomy, integrity and privacy, and it urges scholars and thinkers to compare these invasive technological operations to invasive special military operations. The book grapples with the future of humanity in a world where the human is decentred even as the world is witnessing the proliferation of resource wars. The book is relevant for scholars in anthropology, sociology, politics, government studies, international relations, history, media studies, science and technology studies and disaster management.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

About the Contributors

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 - Whose Special (Military) Operations Are Being Executed in the Global South? An Introduction

Introduction

The Panoply of Special Operations in the Global South

Connections Between the Russian Special Military Operation and Special Operations in the Global South

Chapter Outlines

References

Chapter 2 - Historical Roots of the Relations Between Ukraine and Russia

Background of Russia and Its Sovereignty Issues

Russia-Ukraine Relationship

The Collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Birth of Ukrainian Independence

NATO-Soviet Agreements and the Post-Cold War Events

Post-Soviet Era and the Question of Ethnicity in Ukraine

Conclusion

Chapter 3 - When the Past Returns as the Future: Africa in the Age of Special (Technological) Operations

Protectionism in the Past, Present, and Future: Disappointment Cycles

Africa as a Sexuality Protectorate: Between Military Bases and Sexual Bases on Africa

Africa as a Health Protectorate: Pandemic Treaty, One Health, and EcoHealth

Full-Spectrum Dominance and Full-Spectrum Exploitation: When the Entire World Becomes a Protectorate

Between the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Invasive Technologies on Human Bodies

Chapter 4 - The Emergent One-World Government in the Age of the Affective Turn: Implications for the Russian Special Military Operation

On the Need for Communicative Rationality: Insights from the Sociology of War

The Affective Turn and Implicate Order Metaphysics: Implications for the Special Military Operation in Ukraine

The Consequence(s) of the Affective Turn

References.

Chapter 5 - The Efficacy of Economic Sanctions in International Relations: A Historical Perspective

Background to the Imposition of Economic Sanctions

Country-Based Sanctions Under the League of Nations

Sanctions Under the United Nations

United States and European Sanctions Working in the Reverse

Chapter 6 - Sanctions Are Effective Only on Mosquitoes: Beyond the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine

Dispossession and Privatization as Special Economic Operations

The Weaponization of Dependency, the Weaponization of Everything, and the Diversity of Special Operations

Consistency as a Fortress Against Specters of Special Operations: Sanctions and Protests in Europe and North America

Chapter 7 - From Color Revolutions to Colorless Revolutions? A Critical Analysis of Twenty-First-Century Protests in Europe and North America

Thinking in Terms of Sociology and Anthropology of Revolutionscapes

When the Human Body Becomes a Space for Revolutions: Beyond Human and Nonhuman Revolutionscapes

Anarchist Revolutions: When Even the Law Revolts in Anarchism, Aggressors Discern Lines of Flight

Chapter 8 - Depictions of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict in the Zimbabwean Press: A Frame Analysis of The Sunday Mail and the Zimbabwe Independent Newspapers

Theorizing Depictions of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict in the Zimbabwean Press

Conceptualizing the Press and Conflict

Contextualizing the Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Zimbabwe-Russia Relations

The Nexus Between Media and Conflicts

Researching Media Reportage

East versus West in Reportage

Through the Zimbabwe Independent 's Lens: Ukraine-Russia Conflict Hits Zim Deals

Some Key Insights

Chapter 9 - Possession by Dispossession: Investigating the New Wave of Oil-linked Land Grabbing in Uganda

Land Grabbing: Conceptual and Theoretical Understanding

Drivers of Global Land Grabbing in Africa: What Space Does Oil Capitalism Claim?

The New Waves of "Oil-Linked Land Grabbing" in Uganda

Chapter 10 - The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and the Global South: Implications for Decoloniality

Decoloniality and the Russo-Ukraine Crisis

The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and the Renewed Colonial Machinations

When the Global North Coughs: Africa Should Naturally Catch Cold

Russia-Africa Relations and the Dilemma of Coloniality

Chapter 11 - Sovereignty and the Scramble for the Heart of Africa in a Digitalized World

Critical and Cultural Theories

Researching Culture and Digitization

The Wealth of Africans and the Sovereignty of African States

Preparing the Grounds: Colonial Conspiracy Against African Sovereignty

During Colonialism: A Process of Severing the Heart of Africa

After Colonialism: The Global Media Imperialism in Cyberspace

The Now: Russia-Ukraine War and Africa

Discussion

Chapter 12 - Russia-Ukraine War: Overtures of Imperialism and Neo-colonialism on Africa

Russia, Ukraine, and US relations before the February 2022 Russo-Ukraine War

Causes of the Russia-Ukraine War

African Responses to the Russia-Ukraine War

Chapter 13 - The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and Its Implications for Democracy in Africa

A Preview of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and Africa's Democratic Slump

The Crisis and Authoritarian Resilience in Africa

Iraq: Permanent Ghost Haunting the USA.

2011 NATO Intervention in Libya and Damage to Western Democratic Hegemonies in Africa

Global Media Coverage of the Crisis and the Race Poison

Russo-Africa Relations and the Future of Democratic Consolidation in Africa

Chapter 14 - Co-creating a Food Sovereign Global South: Toward a Sustained Response to Early Warnings from the Russia-Ukraine War

Background to the Russia-Ukraine War and Its Impacts on Africa

Methodology

Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Africa

Disruption of Critical Imports and Revenues

Reemergence of the Cold War and Special Military Operations

Emancipatory Marxist Theory and Food Sovereignty in Africa

The Emancipatory Lenses of Africa's Redemption: Cocreating a Food-Sovereign and -Secure Africa

Going Forward: Strategies to Re-assert Food Sovereignty and Food Security in Africa

Chapter 15 - Theory of Politics of Perturbations, Terrorism, and Deterritorializations: The Russian Special Military Operation and Beyond

Perturbations that Matter in Scholarly Engagements: A Theory of Politics of Perturbations

Standing in the Way of Market Reforms: The Disposability of Oligarchs and Humanity-The Inception of Global Capital

From Terrorizing Europe and America to Terrorizing Nature: Europe's Essential Borders and Humanity's Nonessential Human Essence

Chapter 16 - African Special Ownership Operations: Ensuring Majority Rule with Majority Ownership

Dictatorships, Majoritarian Democracy, and Politics of Extraterritorial Purse Strings

Retheorizations from African Perspectives: Complexes to Focus On

The Weaponization of Multiplicities, Special Ownership Operations, and Sexualities of Erasure.

Resource Wars Begin with the Destruction of Human Identities and Lines of Descent

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9956-553-07-7

OCLC:

1409397523