التكتلات الإقليمية في أفريقيا من منظُور تاريخي

د. اسامة  أحمد عيدروس

doi:10.52981/oiuj.v13i1.1643

د. اسامة أحمد عيدروس

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52981/oiuj.v13i1.1643

Abstract

هذا البحث بعنوان (التكتلات الإقليمية في أفريقيا من منظور تاريخي) يعرض البحث صورة للتطورات السياسية والاقتصادية والأمنية التي دعت دول القارة الإفريقية للتكتل في شكل مجتمعات إقليمية مختلفة . ويتناول مع التحليل الحلم الإفريقي ببناء وحدة أفريقية تقود القارة نحو النهضة والتطور والتحرر السياسي والاقتصادي ؛ كما يقدم البحث تحليلاً لنشأة التكتلات الإقليمية في فترة ما قبل الاستعمار وخلال الهجمة الاستعمارية على أفريقيا والتي أدت إلى تقسيم القارة بصناعة حدوداً سياسية بالإضافة إلى تقسيمها لغويا إلى دول فرانكفونية وانجلوفونية بحسب الدول المستعمرة لها .

ويحلل البحث العوامل التي قادت إلى تطور التكتلات الإقليمية في فترة ما بعد الاستقلال خصوصا تطور منظمة الوحدة الإفريقية إلى الاتحاد الأفريقية ونشأة المنظمات السياسية والاقتصادية مثل الايكواس في غرب أفريقيا والإيقاد في شرقها وسادك في جنوبها واتحاد المغرب العربي في شمال القارة وغيرها من المنظمات والتكتلات ذات الأغراض المتعددة . خلص البحث إلى أن التكتلات الاقليمية الحديثة في أفريقيا تؤدي أدوارا مهمة في الحفاظ على الأمن والتنمية الاقتصادية بدرجات متفاوتة من النجاح في أقاليم القارة المختلفة .

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