In Episode 194 [11] of the CounterVortex podcast [12], Bill Weinberg reviews Russia in Africa: Resurgent Great Power or Bellicose Pretender? [13] by Samuel Ramani. Oxford scholar Ramani traces the history from Imperial Russia's Cossack adventures in Djibouti [14] to the contemporary Wagner Group [15] operations in Sudan, the Sahel nations, and across the African continent. Is Russia truly a Great Power that can challenge the traditional colonial and neo-colonial powers on the continent, or is it a "pretender" which is at this moment assuming a particularly bellicose posture [16] to compensate for its lack of structural imperial power [17]? And does it make a difference? Listen on SoundCloud [11] or via Patreon [18].
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