harta_AfricaAfrica is on the radar of the major Western European countries after they were expelled from the area slowly emerging countries led by China? The question troubling European or North American chancelleries increasingly more. Libya and Mali are examples edificatorii for an answer.

If Europe wants to play a significant role in the north and north west Africa to follow Beijing and prioritize business, not her sense of guilt from the colonial period. Changes in the attitude of African governments, to Western officials, they see occasion events. So in celebration of the Queen of Holland or the U.S. Independence Day in Lusaka Zambian minister has not attended any. African lions as these emerging economies called Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Angola, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia have ten years of active growth, have their own skyscrapers in the capital, their own Olympic stadium, sushi bars and iPhone sites and a close relationship with Beijing or Brasilia. West is also present through diplomats and representatives of various humanitarian organizations and several companies that have business there for decades. Heineken and Unilever have significant investments in Africa. In 1970 flows from the West to Africa consist of 70% support. Today that percentage is reduced to 13%. In thirty years, Western Europe’s share of Africa’s foreign trade fell from 51% to 28%. Who filled the void left by the Europeans?

China to procure on this continent copper, bauxite, iron ore, tin and exotic wood, and build bridges, roads, railways, airports and football stadiums that in return for local governments. Europe must deny especially the feeling of superiority that characterized its relations with Africa over the last 150 years and to rethink the role and relationship with African countries. Chinese Africans are happy and thank reasons are given for how the Chinese conduct business relationships with them, relationships that are devoid of passion. In this century, the raw materials are becoming increasingly rare, Africa holds much of the reserves, as well as being a market with great growth potential for European industry. What makes Europeans to stay away? Embarrassment of their colonial history? Europe needs a new policy towards the continent, a policy articulated on three axes: geopolitics, economics and everything related to humanitarian. It was necessary to pass an important time until France and then the United Kingdom and the United States have come to understand that Islamic Maghreb is not a pleasant prospect. Neither Brazil nor China will lead the fight against Islamists and bandits.

Africa presents a geopolitical stability for Europe. Europeans must be guided by “realpolitik” practiced by China and to develop its own policy towards Africa. In seven years, the number of democracies in Africa dropped from 24 to 19. It is a failure for Europe and the West? Yes. But the biggest mistake is not to analyze the wars in recent decades in global terms. An operation conducted in a sense the world has repercussions elsewhere: Afghan failures conceived for Libyan Libyan semi-failure is to blame for the situation in Mali. Libya was an example of cooperation of European countries which led to the shortening of military operations. French intervention in Mali was necessary for Europe but this time Europe has not coalesced participation. France’s military intervention in Mali is a solitary war waged on behalf of all of Europe. Poor progress means that it offered its partners are not just dodge due to election campaigns in Italy and Germany, they announced the death of a common European security and defense. If it gets into the hands of al-Qaeda members and their supporters, Mali could become an Afghanistan at the gates of Europe: starting point, training camp and resting place for international terrorism.

The first phase of French military operations in Mali is not over but this interveţii consequences which cities Elmina Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal presence terrorist organization al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as well as military lessons they learned are visible. Jihadists in northern Mali controls no longer the south urban and switched to guerrilla-style warfare in rural and mountainous north. Also in the category of fighting terrorists have introduced suicide bombings and improvised explosive devices. Documents defining the Strategy and to be followed by jihadist organization (full takeover of the state and strengthening presence in Shael), recovered from a residence located in Timbuktu insurgents, Paris arguments supporting the need for military intervention.

Transition to a guerrilla force returned to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb to the old practice of kidnapping foreigners, though guarded French objectives in Africa was strengthened (eg uranium mining company Areva in Niger). The first phase of speed and accuracy demonstrated by the French military. This was due lurcu special forces and parachute troops, vehicles and precision air strikes mild dish. French military planners also took into account the cultural dimension of the mission before deciding to attack insurgents in Mali. Acknowledging their previous position of colonial power by President Francois Hollande farncezii voice said that their presence is temporary Mali involving the release of al-Qaida insurgents and their brutality similar to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

So the French are perceived by the population as liberators that led to their support of military operations conducted and devoalarea critical information on insurgent movement. In the other news and developments have provided further French military operations. Thus in the north will be present troops with Muslim beliefs from Chad and in southern troops in the other African countries that are not Muslim. French defense minister in northern Mali said, “battles between the French armed forces and armed Islamist groups are violent and resulted in many deaths of the jihadists”. In this context, Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister said that “it is difficult to specify a timetable for the withdrawal of French troops from Mali”. The estimated cost of French operations launched on January 11 amounted to 100 million euros. Operations to date have benefited from the support given by reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft in particular British allies. Thus Britain deployed in Afghanistan plane ASTOR (Airborne Stand-Off Reconnaissance) of the 5 at Kabul. Washington will turn displace a plane STAR Joint Mali.

Radar planes are able to monitor idivizi and large areas of land vehicles. This operation shows French deficiencies in operations monitoring, surveillance and collecting information and strategic air transport. American involvement in Africa proves to be insufficient and this was seen on this occasion. These days in Paris in meetings between John Kerry and President Hollande, U.S. Secretary of State was placed in the theme of how things French officials on the ground in a month and a half since the beginning of operations in Mali. Despite problems at the beginning of the conflict, when Washington wanted a refund for racing aircraft supply, now talks were much more relaxed. U.S. and France will cooperate in developing a data collection center in Niger. Is the signal of cleaning west African al-Qaida insurgents. France will deploy troops and American planes and drones.

AfriCom not yet discussed the plans they have in Nigeria. The U.S. is concerned about the possible emergence of insurgency in neighboring Algeria to Mali in particular. This prompted officials to explore the possibility of setting up a CIA base needed to use Air Freight drones in Algeria. Algeria currently secure borders against insurgents to migration of Algerian targets. U.S. has few military personnel and equipment throughout Africa. Franco-American based at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti are deployed 2000 Amerian military equipment monitoring and Predator drone attack including famous. Operation demonstrated Mali French military capabilities and French unmanned aircraft Harfang inability to monitor operations and insurgents. Paris needs an unmanned aircraft system type Reaper (Predator) which can acquire and hit targets in vast territories. Wahington also supplied the British and Italian systems.

Finally we can say that Paris was the concept of Smart Defense lawyer by the way Europeans called to participate in operations in Mali. But their response was one grateful: Paris receives from European partners only fraternal fight on the shoulder and some transport and surveillance aircraft. European security policy suffers from vagueness. One thing is certain security is the prerogative of political will, military capabilities and alliances concluded. To be sure, the hardest part of opraţiunilor in Mali is the country’s political and economic stabilization which involves international support. Europe will be able to find resources to stabilize the country?