“Russia’s New African Ambitions” (German report)

A serious problem, or a pipe dream? Even before the so-called “Scramble for Africa” of the late nineteenth-century, many European powers had a well-established presence in Africa—including some with benign-sounding terms such as “interest” or “protectorate.” But after the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, Africa was carved up and much of the continent were conquered as outright…