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ECOWAS in the Global Context

West Africa as a Strategic Market - Free-trade Negotiations with the EU and China

Influence in Africa - The AU: a common voice ? Does the AU rely on the RO institutions or consider it as a value-adding actor ?

The ECOWAS - AU - UN Relations

Internal & External Dynamics (continued)

- Intraregional trade

- Progression towards a customs union

- Regional hegemon

Research Question

To what extent has ECOWAS contributed to strengthening the region economically and politically on the international stage ?

Shift in Mandate

* From an economic regional organisation towards a security alliance

* Geopolitical induced rivary during Cold War prevented ECOWAS' ability to develop a collective security framework

* Need for inter-state and intra-state stability to fulfill developmental objectives

Internal & External Dynamics

ECOWAS

Red: anglophone

Green: francophone

Source: http://www.geolinks.fr/geopolitique/la-cedeao-une-solution-de-gestion-de-crise-en-afrique-de-louest/

Geopolitics of West Africa - ECOWAS

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