The sovereignty of the Sahelian state tested by the security challenge: The case of Burkina Faso
Loada, Augustin
The sovereignty of the Sahelian state tested by the security challenge: The case of Burkina Faso - 2025.
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This paper seeks to explain the reasons behind the rhetoric of sovereignty observed in the central Sahel states led by military-civilian juntas, through the example of Burkina Faso. It shows that these juntas, after pledging to bring about brief periods of democratic transition, subsequently turned sovereignty into a political weapon for the conservation and absolutist exercise of state power, thus breaking, on the geopolitical level, with Western powers and democratic values.
The sovereignty of the Sahelian state tested by the security challenge: The case of Burkina Faso - 2025.
15
This paper seeks to explain the reasons behind the rhetoric of sovereignty observed in the central Sahel states led by military-civilian juntas, through the example of Burkina Faso. It shows that these juntas, after pledging to bring about brief periods of democratic transition, subsequently turned sovereignty into a political weapon for the conservation and absolutist exercise of state power, thus breaking, on the geopolitical level, with Western powers and democratic values.
Réseaux sociaux