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97 - The Death of Françafrique: Africa's Rebalancing Act

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The Future of France's North Africa Policy

France is now watching long term military deployments being pushed down by dictatorships looking to use Paris as the villain for all of their nation's woes. So what will Paris do? Will it attempt to reassert itself in Africa by using brute force? Or will they simply accept the current trend and leave some of their long term strategic headaches like the north of Mali out for the Russians to deal with, willing to accept whatever the consequences bear from the decision? What is the future of France's North Africa policy? Well, to answer that, we'll do it to our final guest,. Part three, the empire strikes back.

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